Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

607^th Meeting* (PM)

REPUBLIC OF CONGO RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS RAISED

IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Issues Addressed Include Employment,

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT BUSH ON PLEDGE OF STRONGER

UNITED STATES LEADERSHIP IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPORT AND DEVELOPMENT SET FOR 16-18 FEBRUARY

Special Adviser to Secretary-General on Sport

For Development and Peace to Hold Press Conference on 30 January

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 29 January (UN Information Service) -- A first international conference on sport and development will take place from 16 to 18 February 2003 in Magglingen, near Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

80^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL JUDGES INVALIDATED

AFTER THREE BALLOTS; NEW ELECTION TO BE HELD 31 JANUARY

Also, New Member Appointed to Advisory

KOFI ANNAN CALLS FOR STRENGTHENING OF COOPERATION BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS

AND CENTRAL AFRICA IN PEACEKEEPING AND SECURITY

Following is the text of the message from the Secretary-General to the Summit of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), held in Libreville on 21 and 22 January 2003, which was read out by General Lamine Cissé, Representative of the Secretary-General in the Central African Republic:

Security Council

4694^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES STRONG SUPPORT FOR ‘KIMBERLEY PROCESS’,

AIMED AT HALTING ILLICIT DIAMOND TRADE USED TO FUEL CONFLICTS

Resolution 1459 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

Security Council

4693^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RE-ESTABLISHES PANEL INVESTIGATING COMPLIANCE

WITH LIBERIA SANCTIONS FOR FURTHER THREE MONTHS

Resolution 1458 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Côte d’Ivoire by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAMES OF TWO INDIVIDUALS TO ITS LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) on 28 January 2003 added the following individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

1.    ISAMUDDIN, NURJAMAN RIDUAN (a.k.a. “Hambali”; Nurjaman; Isomuddin, Nurjaman Riduan); born: Encep Nurjaman; Nationality: Indonesian; DOB: April 4, 1964; POB: Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia

Note to Correspondents

UNDPI TO HONOUR AD AGENCIES FROM UNITED STATES, BRAZIL AT INTERNATIONAL

ADVERTISING AWARDS SHOW ON 31 JANUARY

Public Service Advertisements on Environmental Conservation,

Racial Discrimination and Domestic Violence to Receive Awards