SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Following is the statement to the press on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, delivered today by Security Council President Gunter Pleuger (Germany):

REAL TEST OF USEFULNESS OF CONFERENCES IS WHETHER THEY MAKE DIFFERENCE

IN PEOPLE’S LIVES, SAYS DEPUTY-SECRETARY-GENERAL

(Delayed in transmission.)

ILLICIT DRUG ECONOMY HINDERS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SAYS INTERNATIONAL

NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD IN ANNUAL REPORT

(Delayed due to embargo.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Ankara on Sunday, 23 February.

FEEDING HOPE:  NUTRITION PLAYS KEY ROLE IN HIV/AIDS CARE

FAO/WHO Publish New Manual for People Living with HIV/AIDS

(Reissued as received.)

Geneva/Rome, 25 February (FAO) -- A good diet is one of the simplest means of helping people living with HIV/AIDS and may even help delay the progression of the deadly virus, two UN agencies said today.

PRESS STATEMENT ON SANCTIONS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today´s statement to the press on sanctions by Security Council President Gunter Pleuger (Germany):

At its 4713^th meeting, held on 25 February 2003, the Security Council heard a briefing by the representative of Sweden, the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hans Dahlgren, on the results of the “Stockholm Process on the Implementation of Targeted Sanctions”.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAME OF ENTITY TO LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 24 February 2003 the following entity to its list (Al-Qaida section):

Security Council

4713^th Meeting* (AM)

‘STOCKHOLM PROCESS’ FINDINGS –- YEAR-LONG STUDY ON TARGETED SANCTIONS -–

PRESENTED TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Recommendations Aim at More Precise Use of Sanctions

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WAR NOT INEVITABLE, BUT IRAQ MUST DISARM;

INSPECTIONS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Thirteenth Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, delivered today by Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:

Security Council

4711^th Meeting (AM)