LOW-LEVEL DU CONTAMINATION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, UNEP CALLS FOR PRECAUTION

(Reissued as received.)

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium Delivers Address

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HEADQUARTERS CEREMONY, ACCEPTS PIN SYMBOLIZING ‘SHARED MEMORY OF LOST FRIENDS’, UNITY IN PURSUING PEACE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon accepting the first lapel pin highlighting the importance of staff security in New York on

25 March:

HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS OF GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL

AND ANGOLA ADDRESS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Commission Continues Consideration of Racism,

Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and all Forms of Discrimination

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4725^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS WESTERN SAHARA MISSION UNTIL 31 MAY,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1469 (2003)

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 May.

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

6^th Meeting (AM)

MEMBERS OF ECOSOC NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE APPOINTED; WILL MEET 26 MARCH

TO CONSIDER AGREEMENT BETWEEN UN, WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION

FOREIGN MINISTER OF FRANCE TO COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS:

WORLD IS LIVING DRAMATIC EVENTS WITH IRAQ CRISIS

Commission Continues to Debate Right of Peoples to Self-Determination

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 24 March (UN Information Service) -- Dominique de Villepin, the French Foreign Minister, this morning told the Commission on Human Rights that the world was living dramatic events with regard to the crisis in Iraq.

EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT WORLD UN STAFF FACE THREATS, ASSAULTS, ABUSE

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, observed 25 March:

‘GARDEN OF EDEN’ IN SOUTHERN IRAQ LIKELY TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY

IN FIVE YEARS UNLESS URGENT ACTION TAKEN

UNEP Says Post-War Rehabilitation Should Include

Marshlands of Mesopotamia for Sake of People and Wildlife

(Reissued as received.)

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES UP DISCUSSION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 24 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights began this afternoon its annual discussion of racism and racial discrimination, hearing a number of requests from national delegations for more vigorous efforts to implement the Declaration and Programme of Action of the Durban World Conference against Racism and Racial Discrimination.