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UNITED NATIONS ‘DISAPPOINTED’ IF MEDIA REPORTS OF BRITISH SPYING TRUE;

SAYS SUCH ACTS UNDERMINE DIPLOMATIC INTEGRITY, CONFIDENTIALITY

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

We have seen today’s media reports alleging that the Secretary-General’s phone conversations were tapped by British intelligence.  We would be disappointed if this were true.

Biographical Note                                         

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JOHN REGINALD DUMAS OF TRINIDAD

AND TOBAGO SPECIAL ADVISER ON HAITI

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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF MINE-BAN CONVENTION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 26 February (UN Information Service) –- The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a series of statements marking the fifth anniversary of the Mine-Ban Convention on 1 March and expressing aspirations for the First Review Conference of the Convention which, will be held in Kenya at the end of the year.

MILLIONS OF CHILDREN’S FUTURE BLIGHTED BY FUNDING CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

GENEVA, 26 February (OCHA) -– The future of millions of children in six southern African countries is being put in jeopardy by a massive lack of funds and international support for crucial aid projects, according to a warning issued today by eight United Nations agencies at the launch of the Mid Term Review of the Consolidated Appeal for southern Africa.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Tokyo on Saturday afternoon, 21 February, for an official visit to Japan.

PRESS STATEMENT ON HAITI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Haiti delivered by Security Council President Wang Guangya (China):

The members of the Security Council condemn the continued violence and political crisis in Haiti that has led to the loss of lives, the deterioration of the humanitarian situation, and the abuse of human rights. 

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON SIERRA LEONE ISSUES REVISED LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone, on 24 February 2004, decided to remove two names from the list of individuals affected by the measures contained in paragraph 5 of resolution 1171 (1998), which reads as follows:

“The Security Council…

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