PRESS STATEMENT ON BAGHDAD BOMBING BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The following press statement was issued today by the President of the Security Council, Fayssal Mekdad (Syria):

Members of the Council were shocked to hear of the terrorist criminal attack against the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad.

Security Council

4810^th Meeting (AM)

ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS NEED COURAGE, DETERMINATION TO ‘STAY THE COURSE’

ON MIDDLE EAST ROAD MAP, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Briefing Council, Assistant Secretary-General

Says Parties Should Be Encouraged to ‘Take Risks for Peace’

Security Council

4809^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMN RECENT VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO,

INSIST EXTREMISTS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO UNDERMINE FUTURE

Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Warns Last Week’s Crimes Not Unique;

Determined Minority Seeks to Drive Serbs Out, Complete ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on the situation in Burundi delivered by Security Council President Mikhail Wehbe (Syria):

Security Council

4808^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES UN ASSISTANCE MISSION IN IRAQ,

WELCOMES CREATION OF GOVERNING COUNCIL AS ‘IMPORTANT STEP’

Resolution 1500 (2003) Adopted by 14-0-1 (Syria)

PRESS STATEMENT ON KOSOVO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Kosovo delivered today by Security Council President Mikhail Wehbe (Syria):

Members of the Council were briefed on the violent attack in Kosovo yesterday in which two Kosovo Serb teenagers were killed and four others injured, one critically.  A Kosovo Albanian woman was also injured following the incident.

Security Council

4807^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL REQUESTS MANDATE EXTENSION UNTIL 31 OCTOBER FOR PANEL

INVESTIGATING PLUNDER OF RESOURCES IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAME OF ONE INDIVIDUAL

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) on 12 August 2003 added the following individual to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

PRESS STATEMENT ON KOSOVO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The following press statement on Kosovo was delivered today by Security Council President Mikhail Wehbe (Syria):

Members of the Security Council strongly condemned the murder of Major Satish Menon of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) Police, who was killed on 3 August while on duty in the northern part of Kosovo.

Security Council

4805^th Meeting (AM)

BOUGAINVILLE PEACE PROCESS CAN PROCEED WITH REMAINING STEPS, AS SECOND STAGE

OF WEAPONS COLLECTION COMPLETED, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD