OUTER SPACE LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE TO MEET IN VIENNA, 24 MARCH-4 APRIL

To Discuss Spacecraft and Other Matters Relating to Space Law

(Reissued as received.)

SIX HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, DIRECTOR-GENERAL

OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DELIVER ADDRESSES

Commission on Human Rights Concludes "High-Level Segment"

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SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM EIGHT COUNTRIES, THREE INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

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NINE HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, TWO AGENCY CHIEFS

ADDRESS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

High Commissioner for Refugees, International Committee of Red

Cross Stress Attention to Humanitarian Concerns Should War Begin in Iraq

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Security Council

4722^nd Meeting (PM)

MIDDLE EAST COORDINATOR TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL ‘WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY’

EXISTS TO GET BACK TO NEGOTIATING TABLE, OUT OF ABYSS OF SUFFERING

‘TUBERCULOSIS CAN BE CONTROLLED, CURED AND PREVENTED’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Tuberculosis Day, observed 24 March:

Security Council

4721^st Meeting (AM)

IMPORTANCE OF HUMANITARIAN AID FOR IRAQ STRESSED, AS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

VOICE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON DISARMAMENT PROCESS

CONVENTION ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS

TO ENTER INTO FORCE NEXT JULY

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GENEVA, 19 March (UN Information Service) -- The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families will enter into force on 1 July 2003, following Guatemala's ratification of the treaty last Friday.

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE THAT SECURITY COUNCIL UNITY

CAN BE REBUILT AROUND TASK OF RELIEVING IRAQI SUFFERING

      Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the
Security Council meeting on the situation in Iraq on 19 March:

SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM 10 COUNTRIES AND ONE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION

ADDRESS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

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