STATEMENT TO PRESS ON IRAQ INSPECTIONS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement on the Iraq inspections made today to the press by Security Council President Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia):

UNITED NATIONS AND SWEDEN AGREE ON MEASURES TO PRESERVE

ARCHIVAL MATERIAL OF DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD

The United Nations and Sweden have entered into an agreement for the restoration, preservation, and archiving of the historical material relating to Dag Hammarskjöld's tenure as United Nations Secretary-General from 1953 to 1961.  The agreement was signed today at a ceremony at United Nations Headquarters in

Fifty-seventh General Assembly                            GA/10124/Corr.1

Economic and Social Council

Resumed Substantive Session

45^th Meeting (PM)

ADOPTING THEME FOR HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF 2003 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION,

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES ITS WORK FOR YEAR

The Economic and Social Council this afternoon concluded its work for

CENTRAL ASIAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE CONSULTATIVE MEETING

HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 17 DECEMBER

NEW YORK, 18 December (Department of Disarmament Affairs) -- A consultative meeting to promote the early realization of the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone was held at Headquarters on 17 December 2002, sponsored by the Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific of the Department for Disarmament Affairs.

UNCTAD HANDBOOK OF STATISTICS 2002 RELEASED

It might sound like a truism to say that countries with small populations and similar income levels tend to trade more than large ones.  The fact is, however, that smaller countries with smaller domestic markets need to specialize in goods and services they can produce efficiently if they are to realize greater total outputs –- hence, they tend to be more involved in international trade. 

LEARNING INSTITUTIONS ARE IMPORTANT ALLIES OF UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT NAMING OF DIPLOMACY SCHOOL

Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the official naming of the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations on 17 December:

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PRESS STATEMENT ON CYPRUS BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of the press statement made today by the President of the Security Council, Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia), on Cyprus:

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia):

The members of the Security Council: