EXPERTS DESCRIBE SITUATIONS IN SUDAN, SOUTH-EAST EUROPE AND AFGHANISTAN

Commission on Human Rights Continues Debate on Occupied Arab Territories

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Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

45^th Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FIRST RESUMED SESSION, APPROVING EIGHT TEXTS

INCLUDING DRAFT RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RESOURCES

Approved Drafts also Cover Administration of Justice,

Information and Communication Technology, Refugee Exploitation

Security Council

4729^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS SIERRA LEONE MISSION UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1470 (2003)

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) for six months, beginning 30 March 2003.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED AT KILLING OF RED CROSS WORKER IN AFGHANISTAN

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for
Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was appalled to learn of the brutal killing yesterday of Richard Munguía, a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan.

Security Council

4730^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS AFGHANISTAN MISSION UNTIL 28 MARCH 2004,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1471 (2003)

Security Council

4732^nd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES ADJUSTMENTS TO IRAQ ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1472 (2003)

Security Council

4727^th Meeting (PM)

LACK OF SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN THREATENS PEACE PROCESS AT ALL LEVELS,

SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations

WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY

An Information Society for All and an Opportunity for All to Comment

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HIGH COMMISSIONER REPEATS CALL ON PARTIES IN IRAQ

TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS, PROTECT CIVILIANS

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GENEVA, 27 March (UN Information Service) -- Following are the comments by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello to the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on Human Rights today:

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BRIEFED ON WORK OF COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE

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