GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS CONNECTION BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE,

CONTROL OF GREENHOUSE GASES, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD METEOROLOGICAL DAY

Following is the message of General Assembly President Jan Kavan
(Czech Republic) on World Meteorological Day, observed 23 March:

CULTURE OF ‘CARING, SPARING AND SHARING’ MUST BE PROMOTED TO ENSURE CLEAN WATER

FOR ALL, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON WORLD WATER DAY

Following is the message of General AssemblyPresident Jan Kavan (Czech Republic) on World Water Day, observed 22 March:

FIFTY-NINTH SESSION OF COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS GENEVA,

17 MARCH TO 25 APRIL 2003

Information for Media Coverage of the Session

GENEVA, 12 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights will hold its fifty-ninth session from Monday, 17 March to Friday,

PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of a statement to the press on Iraq by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

The Members of the Security Council welcomed the Secretary General’s proposals concerning the emergency humanitarian plan in Iraq and decided that they provide a good working basis.

NEW UNITED NATIONS DEMOGRAPHIC YEARBOOK 2000 ISSUED; PROVIDES

VITAL STATISTICS FOR MORE THAN 233 COUNTRIES, AREAS

UNEP'S POST-CONFLICT ASSESSMENT UNIT INITIATES STUDY OF ENVIRONMENT IN IRAQ

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI/GENEVA, 21 March (UNEP) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced that its Post-Conflict Assessment Unit has initiated a desk study of the environment in Iraq.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BEGINS DEBATE ON SELF-DETERMINATION

Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand,

Chairman of Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination also Speak

(Reissued as received.)

PRESS STATEMENT ON SIERRA LEONE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Sierra Leone delivered by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

The members of the Council considered the situation in Sierra Leone and the situation of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) on the basis of the Secretary-General’s latest report (document S/2003/321).

OUTER SPACE LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE TO MEET IN VIENNA, 24 MARCH-4 APRIL

To Discuss Spacecraft and Other Matters Relating to Space Law

(Reissued as received.)

SIX HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, DIRECTOR-GENERAL

OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DELIVER ADDRESSES

Commission on Human Rights Concludes "High-Level Segment"

(Reissued as received.)