In progress at UNHQ

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SC/7681
06/03/2003
Press Release
SC/7681


REFORMATTED AL QAEDA AND TALIBAN LIST


On 4 March 2003, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) issued a reformatted version of the list of individuals and entities belonging to or associated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda organizations.

SG/SM/8623-AFR/573
05/03/2003
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SG/SM/8623
AFR/573


SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS G-8 CONTACT GROUP ON FOOD SECURITY

IN AFRICA THAT CONTINENT FACES DEADLY BURDENS


Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening meeting of the G-8 Contact Group on Food Security in Africa in New York:


I am pleased to welcome you to the United Nations for this first meeting of your contact group.

SG/SM/8622
05/03/2003
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SG/SM/8622


SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT ESCALATING VIOLENCE

BETWEEN ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS


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


The Secretary-General is gravely and increasingly concerned by the steady escalation in violence between Israelis and Palestinians, which has left

WOM/1390
05/03/2003
Press Release
WOM/1390


Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

5th & 6th Meetings (AM & PM)


WOMEN’S SOCIAL, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY LEADS TO TRAFFICKING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,

EXPLOITATION, SAY SPEAKERS IN WOMEN’S COMMISSION


Note Women Represent ‘Staggering’ 70 Per Cent of Those in Poverty;

Why Is Most Dangerous Place for a Women Her Own Home? Delegate Asks