CHAIRPERSONS AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL

SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECTED FOR 2003

NEW YORK, 9 January (Department of Political Affairs) -– Pursuant to paragraph 4 (b) of the note by the President of the Security Council dated

Committee on NGOs

27^th & 28^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS NINE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTY-SECOND SESSION

IN GENEVA, 13 - 31 JANUARY

Reports from Estonia, Republic of Korea, Italy, Romania,

Solomon Islands, Viet Nam, Czech Republic, Haiti and Iceland to Be Reviewed

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS ISSUES ‘WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPECTS 2003’,

SAYS UNCERTAINTIES, RISKS IMPERIL GLOBAL ECONOMIC REBOUND

Committee on NGOs

25^th & 26^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 24 ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE

STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Opening its resumed 2002 session, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) recommended 24 national and international organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council in two meetings today.

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on the Central African Republic made today by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, NEEDS OF WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES

FOCUS OF DISCUSSION AT HEADQUARTERS MEETING

PRESS STATEMENT ON ETHIOPIA/ERITREA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Ethiopia/Eritrea made today by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR WESTERN SAHARA

TO VISIT REGION, 14 - 17 JANUARY

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

James A. Baker III, the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, is scheduled to visit the region from 14 to 17 January 2003.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SADDENED BY DEATH OF ‘GREAT STATESMAN’ LORD JENKINS,

PRAISES VISION, INTEGRITY, COMMITMENT TO EUROPEAN CAUSE

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