PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

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

Security Council

4698^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS WESTERN SAHARA MISSION UNTIL 31 MARCH,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1463 (2003)

Security Council

4697^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS OBSERVER MISSION IN GEORGIA UNTIL 31 JULY,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1462 (2003)

Security Council                                            SC/7650    

Security Council

4695^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE HALT TO USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1460 (2003)

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

ACTION WITHOUT CONDITIONALITIES NEEDED TO ADDRESS SITUATION

IN GUINEA-BISSAU, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DEBATES MIDDLE EAST, NORTH KOREAN WITHDRAWAL

FROM NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, OTHER TOPICS

(Reissued as received.)

UN HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR CRISIS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE VISITS GHANA

NEW YORK, 30 January (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)

-- The Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, Carolyn McAskie, continued her visit to the region with a stop in Ghana today.

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: