SG/SM/8563/Rev.2*

MILLENNIUM GOALS CANNOT BE ACHIEVED IF POPULATION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ISSUES ARE

NOT SQUARELY ADDRESSED, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASIAN POPULATION CONFERENCE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference (ministerial segment), delivered by Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Bangkok today, 16 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL AND GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE ANNOUNCE ELECTION

OF PRESIDING JUDGES, APPOINTMENT OF REGISTRAR FOR SPECIAL COURT

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT LISTS PARTIES TO CONFLICT USING CHILD SOLDIERS

Security Council

4668^th Meeting (PM)

DANGERS FACING MIDDLE EAST, PERILS OF INACTION SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED,

SPECIAL COORDINATOR TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

38^th Meeting (PM)

APPROVING SEVERAL DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, DECISIONS, FIFTH COMMITTEE COMPLETES

ITS WORK FOR MAIN PART OF FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

75^th & 76^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COOPERATION WITH COUNCIL OF EUROPE, MINE ACTION, YEAR OF RICE (2004)

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN 19 TEXTS ADOPTED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Resolutions Also Call for Special Assistance to States,

Coherent Response to Global Challenges, Millennium Declaration Review

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY LIFTING OF NUCLEAR PROGRAMME FREEZE

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council

4667^th Meeting (PM)

COUNCIL VOTES TO CONDEMN TERRORIST ATTACK IN KENYA, AS IT ADOPTS

Security Council

4666^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FORWARDS NAMES OF 23 JUDICIAL NOMINEES

FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Resolution 1449 (2002) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this afternoon forwarded to the General Assembly

23 nominations for positions as permanent judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.