PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SIERRA LEONE

Following is today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 2003

General Assembly

The General Assembly is made up of 191 Member States.  The States and the dates on which they became Members are listed in Press Release ORG/1360 issued

4 October 2002.

Security Council

Committee on NGOs

29^th & 30^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE ACTS ON DEFERRED APPLICATIONS FOR ECOSOC CONSULTATIVE STATUS,

REQUESTS FOR RECLASSIFICATION AS RESUMED SESSION CONTINUES

ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY DIRECTOR-GENERAL CALLS ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S

REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO REVERSE DECISION ON TREATY WITHDRAWAL

Background Release

WOMEN’S ANTI‑DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE WILL HEAR REPORTS OF EIGHT COUNTRIES,

WHEN IT MEETS AT HEADQUARTERS, 13-31 JANUARY

The twenty-eighth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 13 to 31 January 2003.

PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

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

CHAIRPERSONS AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL

SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECTED FOR 2003

NEW YORK, 9 January (Department of Political Affairs) -– Pursuant to paragraph 4 (b) of the note by the President of the Security Council dated

Committee on NGOs

27^th & 28^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS NINE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTY-SECOND SESSION

IN GENEVA, 13 - 31 JANUARY

Reports from Estonia, Republic of Korea, Italy, Romania,

Solomon Islands, Viet Nam, Czech Republic, Haiti and Iceland to Be Reviewed

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS ISSUES ‘WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPECTS 2003’,

SAYS UNCERTAINTIES, RISKS IMPERIL GLOBAL ECONOMIC REBOUND