PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN APRIL

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for April:

Security Council

Ad Hoc Committee on Assembly                                L/3028*

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN APRIL 2003

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in April, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

Commission on Population and Development                  POP/856        

Thirty-sixth Session                                         31 March 2003

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS HEARS FROM SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS

ON SITUATIONS IN BURUNDI, MYANMAR

Minister of Justice of Togolese Republic Speaks

(Reissued as received.)

AIR POLLUTION FROM BAGHDAD FIRES POSES RISKS FOR HUMAN HEALTH

AND ENVIRONMENT, SAYS UNEP

(Reissued as received.)

AMMAN/NAIROBI, 30 March (UNEP) -- Toxic smoke from burning oil wells in southern Iraq and from oil-filled trenches and bomb-ignited fires in Baghdad are the clearest evidence so far that the current conflict may further damage Iraq's already highly stressed environment, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘SWIFT AND GENEROUS’ RESPONSE

TO APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AID FOR IRAQI PEOPLE

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today, by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a press conference launching the flash appeal for humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people:

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

174^th Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACKEEPING OPERATIONS CONCLUDES 2003 SESSION,

ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT

Calls for Improved UN Capacity to Assess Conflict Situations,

UNFPA, EUROPEAN UNION SIGN 22 MILLION EURO AGREEMENT

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 28 March (UNFPA)–- UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the European Union signed an agreement yesterday for a 22 million euro, three-year Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia, which will be implemented in seven countries.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL LOUISE FRÉCHETTE

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 28 MARCH 2003