PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Côte d’Ivoire delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

Members of the Security Council are deeply concerned by the incidents that took place at Daloa on 26 March 2003 during the demonstration organized by the “Jeunes Patriotes”.

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.

Security Council

4731^st Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR NOMINATION OF ‘AD LITEM’ JUDGES

FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL UNTIL 15 APRIL

The Security Council this afternoon extended the deadline for the nomination of ad litem judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda until

15 April, as the number of nominations received fell short of the minimum specified in the Tribunal’s Statute.

Security Council

4728^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD PEACE AGREEMENT BETWEEN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, BOUGAINVILLE

CAN BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED BY YEAR’S END, DESPITE SERIOUS OBSTACLES

Security Council

4732^nd Meeting (PM)

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

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1472 (2003)

Security Council

4730^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS AFGHANISTAN MISSION UNTIL 28 MARCH 2004,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1471 (2003)

Security Council

4726^th Meeting (Resumed)(AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONCLUDES TWO-DAY DEBATE ON MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ; NEED

FOR IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN AID, PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS STRESSED

Broad Majority Say War Violates International Law, UN Charter;

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

Security Council

4726^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS FIRST DEBATE ON IRAQ SINCE START OF MILITARY ACTION;

SPEAKERS CALL FOR HALT TO AGGRESSION, IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL

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.