Security Council

4713^th Meeting* (AM)

‘STOCKHOLM PROCESS’ FINDINGS –- YEAR-LONG STUDY ON TARGETED SANCTIONS -–

PRESENTED TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Recommendations Aim at More Precise Use of Sanctions

ILLICIT DRUG ECONOMY HINDERS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SAYS INTERNATIONAL

NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD IN ANNUAL REPORT

(Delayed due to embargo.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Ankara on Sunday, 23 February.

FEEDING HOPE:  NUTRITION PLAYS KEY ROLE IN HIV/AIDS CARE

FAO/WHO Publish New Manual for People Living with HIV/AIDS

(Reissued as received.)

Geneva/Rome, 25 February (FAO) -- A good diet is one of the simplest means of helping people living with HIV/AIDS and may even help delay the progression of the deadly virus, two UN agencies said today.

PRESS STATEMENT ON SANCTIONS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today´s statement to the press on sanctions by Security Council President Gunter Pleuger (Germany):

At its 4713^th meeting, held on 25 February 2003, the Security Council heard a briefing by the representative of Sweden, the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hans Dahlgren, on the results of the “Stockholm Process on the Implementation of Targeted Sanctions”.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAME OF ENTITY TO LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 24 February 2003 the following entity to its list (Al-Qaida section):

HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES FACE DIFFICULTIES AS CIVILIANS TARGETED IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

NEW YORK, 24 February (OCHA) -- As continuing instability limits their access to people in need, humanitarian agencies in Côte d’Ivoire are receiving consistent reports of abuses against civilians.  Shortages of food and access to health care are also taking their toll on civilians caught in conflict.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED BY ATTACK ON SHIITE MOSQUE IN PAKISTAN

The following statement was issued today by the spokesman for

Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT ARRIVES IN SIERRA LEONE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

FREETOWN, 23 February -– Under-Secretary-General Olara A. Otunnu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, arrived yesterday in Sierra Leone for a week-long visit to assess the status of war-affected children in the post-conflict peace-building phase.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WAR NOT INEVITABLE, BUT IRAQ MUST DISARM;

INSPECTIONS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Thirteenth Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, delivered today by Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: