TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 14 JANUARY 2003

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen -– and Happy New Year!

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROVIDES LIST TO SECURITY COUNCIL OF THOSE USING CHILD SOLDIERS,

SAYS EXPOSURE MEANS VIOLATORS OF PROTECTION NORMS CAN NO LONGER ACT WITH IMPUNITY

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to today’s Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict in New York:

Security Council

2002 Round-up

SITUATIONS IN IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN, BALKANS, AFRICA

AMONG KEY ISSUES BEFORE SECURITY COUNCIL IN 2002

Security Council

4684^th Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ONE ORGANIZATION FOR ECOSOC CONSULTATIVE STATUS,

DEFERS ACTION ON SEVERAL OTHERS

RESOLUTIONS AND STATEMENTS

OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL

2002

CONTENTS

Chronology of 2002 Security Council Resolutions

Chronology of 2002 Security Council Presidential Statements

Security Council Presidency 2002, Security Council Members 2002

Security Council Resolutions

Committee on NGOs

33^rd & 34^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ONE ORGANIZATION FOR ECOSOC CONSULTATIVE STATUS,

DEFERS ACTION ON SEVERAL OTHERS

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

589^th Meeting (AM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE OPENS TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION;

ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women -- the monitoring body for the implementation of the Convention against such discrimination – opened its twenty-eighth session this morning.

SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES EXTREME CONCERN AT LEVEL OF VIOLENCE,

GROWING CASUALTIES IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

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

                                                            Note No. 5773

Committee on NGOs

31^st & 32^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS SIX NGOS FOR SPECIAL

CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL