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

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)                   

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD THAT GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY

STILL NOT SECURE

Council Also Takes Decisions

On Organizational Matters for 2003 Session in July

ECONOMIC WOES AND LACK OF RAIN SET TO WORSEN HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE

NINE CONFIRMED DEAD IN MOZAMBIQUE

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

606^th & 607^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE URGES CONGO TO ELIMINATE

TRADITIONAL PRACTICES, CUSTOMARY LAWS UNFAIR TO WOMEN

The Secretary-General travelled to Paris in the evening of Thursday, 23 January, arriving early the following morning.

IVOIRIAN LEADERS OF ALL PARTIES MUST ENSURE RESPECT FOR RULE OF LAW,

HUMAN RIGHTS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the Conference of Heads of State on Côte d’Ivoire in Paris on 25 January:

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