Press Release

The Secretary-General this morning met with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer in Baden Baden.

FIGHTING POVERTY, STRENGTHENING SECURITY, REBUILDING TRUST SHOULD BE FOCUS

IN 2004, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING GERMAN MEDIA AWARD

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address on accepting the 2003 Deutscher Medienpreis (German Media Award) in Baden-Baden, Germany, 21 January:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS TWO INDIVIDUALS

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 16 January 2004 added the names of two individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

10. *Name: 1: SULAIMAN 2: JASSEM 3: SULAIMAN 4: ABO GHAITH

UNRWA CONDEMNS A WEEK OF ISRAELI HOUSE DEMOLITIONS IN RAFAH

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $185 MILLION

(Reissued as received.)

WORLD COURT AUTHORIZES ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE TO PARTICIPATE

IN PROCEEDINGS ON CONSTRUCTION OF WALL IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION IN HAITI

(Reissued as received)

IN MONTREAL, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL INVITES STATES TO GIVE GREATER DYNAMISM

TO UN TO PROTECT WORLD’S PEOPLE FROM DANGER

Following is the text of the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the “Canadian Club” in Montreal on 19 January (translated, in part, from French):

INTER-COMMUNAL CLASHES IN COTE D’IVOIRE INCREASE

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

639^th & 640^th Meetings (AM & PM)

AS WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF GERMANY, GOVERNMENT

EMPHASIZES RIGHT TO FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE AS ‘POLITICAL PRIORITY’