FIVE COUNTRIES SPEAK BEFORE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

Egypt Calls for Fair Application

of Disarmament Resolutions throughout Middle East

(Reissued as received.)

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on the Central African Republic by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

Members of the Security Council heard a report by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Tuliameni Kalomoh, on the situation in the Central African Republic.

Members of the Security Council strongly condemned the coup d’état on

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE STARTS CONSIDERATION OF SECOND PERIODIC REPORT OF ESTONIA

Delegation Questioned about Legal Chancellor,

Discrimination against Women, Immigration Quotas

(Reissued as received.)

General assembly president stresses link between Racism, poverty

in message on world day to eliminate Racial Discrimination

Following is the message of General AssemblyPresident Jan Kavan (Czech Republic) on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed 21 March:

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES WITH HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

Some Speakers Focus on Attack on Iraq, Call for End to Hostilities

(Reissued as received.)

‘MY THOUGHTS TODAY ARE WITH THE IRAQI PEOPLE’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

PLEDGING UN ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AS THEY FACE ‘YET ANOTHER ORDEAL’

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Iraq:

Today, despite the best efforts of the international community and the United Nations, war has come to Iraq for the third time in a quarter of a century.

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR SADDENED BY KILLING

OF FOUR RED CROSS WORKERS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Security Council

4723^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1468 (2003)

INVESTMENTS IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CAN REDUCE WATER INSECURITY, SAYS UNFPA REPORT

(Reissued as received.)

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADDRESSED BY EIGHT GOVERNMENT DIGNITARIES,

CHIEF OF UNAIDS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 March (UN Information Service) -- Eight high-ranking government officials and the Executive Director of UNAIDS spoke before the Commission on Human Rights this afternoon as the Commission's "high-level segment" continued for a third day.