SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY INCREASED TENSION THREATENING

OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES IN SOMALIA

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

POLITICAL WILL ESSENTIAL IN OVERCOMING CURRENT IMPASSE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, delivered today by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament:

Security Council

4898^th Meeting* (AM & PM)

DESPITE PROGRESS IN PROTECTING CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT, GENERAL SITUATION

REMAINS ‘GRAVE AND UNACCEPTABLE’, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Special Representative, UNICEF Executive Director Brief Council,

COFFEE CRISIS:  FAO HELPS NICARAGUA’S SMALL-SCALE GROWERS

Seeds, Basic Tools for 3,000 of Worst-Affected Coffee Producers

(Reissued as received.)

ROME/MANAGUA, 20 January (FAO) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will work with the Nicaraguan Government to assist small-scale coffee growers hit by the global crisis in coffee prices, the Organization said today.

UNITED NATIONS HOLDS OPEN INFORMAL SESSION ON EDUCATION AND OUTER SPACE

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents
ANTI-SEMITISM, ISLAMAPHOBIA, RACISM IS FOCUS OF DPI/NGO BRIEFING, 22 JANUARY

“Anti-Semitism, Islamaphobia and Racism:  New Perspectives on Old Menaces”will be the focus of a DPI/NGO Briefing to be held on Thursday, 22 January, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in Conference Room 1 of the United Nations Secretariat Building.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 19 JANUARY 2004

The Secretary-General:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

As you know, I have just been meeting with senior representatives of the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).

GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE IS ‘SHINING MODEL’ OF COOPERATION

AGAINST COMMON ENEMY, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MINISTERIAL MEETING

(Delayed in transmission.)

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ministerial meeting of polio-endemic countries on their role in ensuring global eradication, held in New York on 15 January:

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4896^th Meeting (AM & PM))

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARMS EMBARGOES, WELCOMES

NEGOTIATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT TO TRACE SMALL ARMS

Presidential Statement, following Day-long Debate on Issue,

UN continues humanitarian work in Iraq

Press release

NEW YORK, 19 January 2004 (OCHA) -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today apprised representatives of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council of   the United Nations’ active and ongoing engagement in humanitarian and rehabilitation activities in Iraq.