Security Council

4671^st Meeting (PM)

ANGOLA MOVES NEXT MONTH FROM AGENDA ITEM TO SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBER,

SAYS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN LATEST BRIEFING

Security Council

4670^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ISRAEL-SYRIA DISENGAGEMENT FORCE UNTIL 30 JUNE 2003

The Security Council this afternoon renewed the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for a period of six months, until   30 June 2003.  The Force has supervised ceasefire and disengagement between Israel and Syria since 1974.

INTERNATIONAL COURT FINDS THAT SOVEREIGNTY OVER ISLANDS

OF LIGITAN AND SIPADAN BELONGS TO MALAYSIA

(Reissued as received.)

THE HAGUE, 17 December (ICJ) -- The International Court of Justice, principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has today given Judgment in the case concerning Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia).

ORGANIZED CRIME MUST BE TACKLED FOR DEVELOPMENT TO BE SUCCESSFUL

Bonn Conference on Cross Border Crime, 16-17 December

(Reissued as received.)

                                                            SG/SM/8563/Rev.2*

MILLENNIUM GOALS CANNOT BE ACHIEVED IF POPULATION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ISSUES ARE

NOT SQUARELY ADDRESSED, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASIAN POPULATION CONFERENCE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference (ministerial segment), delivered by Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Bangkok today, 16 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL AND GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE ANNOUNCE ELECTION

OF PRESIDING JUDGES, APPOINTMENT OF REGISTRAR FOR SPECIAL COURT

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT LISTS PARTIES TO CONFLICT USING CHILD SOLDIERS

Security Council

4668^th Meeting (PM)

DANGERS FACING MIDDLE EAST, PERILS OF INACTION SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED,

SPECIAL COORDINATOR TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

38^th Meeting (PM)

APPROVING SEVERAL DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, DECISIONS, FIFTH COMMITTEE COMPLETES

ITS WORK FOR MAIN PART OF FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION