SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS FOUR ENTITIES TO AL-QAIDA

SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban SanctionsCommittee on 26 January 2004added the names of four entities to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

18. *Name:AL-HARAMAIN FOUNDATION (INDONESIA)

COSTA RICA HOSTS UNITED NATIONS COUNTER-TERRORISM WORKSHOP

(Reissued as received.)

LANDMARK UNITED NATIONS PROTOCOL AGAINST SMUGGLING

OF MIGRANTS ENTERS INTO FORCE

(Reissued as received.)

TRANSPARENCY, FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION ESSENTIAL TO TACKLING ROOT CAUSES OF MANY

CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PARIS MEETING ON GLOBAL COMPACT

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary General Kofi Annan at the meeting with French President Jacques Chirac and business executives on the Global Compact in Paris today:

SECRETARY GENERAL PRAISES GHANA’S ‘STEADFAST’, 40-YEAR COMMITMENT

TO UN PEACEKEEPING, IN MESSAGE TO INAUGURATION OF ACCRA CENTRE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the inauguration of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre, delivered by Alfred Fawundu, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ghana, in Accra, 24 January:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL SEND ELECTION TEAM TO IRAQ, ONCE SATISFIED

WITH COALITION SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued today in Paris:

UN AGENCIES SAY UNPRECEDENTED SPREAD OF AVIAN INFLUENZA

REQUIRES BROAD COLLABORATION

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents

NEW YORK FESTIVALS/UNDPI PUBLIC SERVICE ADVERTISING AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED

AT THE INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION ADVERTISING AWARDS SHOW

Public-Service Advertisements on Tobacco,

Environmental Protection, Peace, and Mental Illness Awareness to Receive Awards

UN READY TO INCREASE WORK IN CHECHNYA

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST ADDRESS CHALLENGES TO UN CHARTER PRINCIPLES,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASIAN SECURITY CONFERENCE IN NEW DELHI

Following is the text, as delivered, of the keynote address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Sixth IDSA Asian Security Conference in New Delhi: