PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement to the press on Burundi, delivered today by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement to the press on Côte d’Ivoire delivered today by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

Members of the Council welcomed the new decree delegating powers to the Prime Minister and the progressive formation of the Government of national reconciliation.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOLLOWING BRIEFING BY CHAIR

OF COMMITTEE MONITORING TALIBAN, AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico), following a briefing by the Chair of the Committee monitoring implementation of sanctions against the Taliban and al-Qaida:

SECURITY COUNCIL 1267 (1999) COMMITTEE ADOPTS

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCT OF WORK

PRESS STATEMENT ON SOMALIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Somalia, delivered today by Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON KOSOVO

Following is the press statement on Kosovo, delivered today by Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

Members of the Security Council strongly supported the decisions by the Secretary General’s Special Representative in Kosovo, Michael Steiner, to declare as having no legal effect the enactment of legislation on Higher Education by the Kosovo Assembly on 3 April 2003.

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SECURITY COUNCIL REGRETS FAILURE TO REACH AGREEMENT ON SETTLEMENT PLAN

FOR CYPRUS, CITING ‘NEGATIVE APPROACH’ OF TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADERS

Unanimously Adopts Resolution 1475 (2003); Says Secretary-General’s

Plan ‘Carefully Balanced’, Provides ‘Unique Basis’ for Further Negotiations

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4739^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS WITH REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CONSIDER WAYS

TO STRENGTHEN COLLECTIVE SECURITY

Secretary-General Suggests Need for Network

of Flexible, Responsive Regional and Global Mechanisms

AMENDED AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN LIST ISSUED BY SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE

On 10 April 2003, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) approved several amendments to its list of individuals and entities belonging to or associated with the Taliban and the Al-Qaida organization (Al-Qaida section).

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4738^th Meeting (AM)

FAILURE OF UN PLAN TO SOLVE CYPRUS PROBLEM ‘DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING’

SPECIAL ADVISER ALVARO DE SOTO TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Briefs Council on Secretary-General’s More Than Three-Year

Effort; Propitious Circumstances, Fair Plan, and ‘Unique Opportunity Missed’