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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:

Security Council

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

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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.

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTS MICHAEL SMITH OF AUSTRALIA

AS CHAIRPERSON OF ITS SIXTIETH SESSION

Also Elects Other Members of Bureau for Session Which Starts on 15 March 2004

(Reissued as received.)

BAHAMAS MEETING (26-30 JANUARY) TO DEVELOP COMMON PLATFORM

FOR SMALL ISLAND STATES WORLDWIDE

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

636^th Meeting (AM)*

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF BHUTAN

Country’s Representative Says ‘Consistent

Steps’ Taken to Comply with Letter, Spirit of Convention

WORKING GROUP ON DISABILITY CONVENTION ADOPTS DRAFT TEXT

NEW YORK, 16 January (United Nations Department of Public Information) --The Working Group established to draft a text of an international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities today adopted by consensus a draft that will form the basis for negotiations on the convention.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES WORLD LEADERS TO REFOCUS ENERGIES ON POVERTY,

HUNGER, UNSAFE DRINKING WATER, ENVIRONMENT, DISEASE

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the ceremony for the handover of the Group of 77 in New York today:

NO DEVELOPMENT TOOL MORE EFFECTIVE THAN EDUCATION OF GIRLS, EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO WOMEN’S HEALTH COALITION

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s keynote address to the annual gala event of the International Women’s Health Coalition, in New York on

15 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