SG/SM/8407

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGIES TASK FORCE'S EMPHASIS ON AFRICA

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the third meeting of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAMES OF FOUR INDIVIDUALS TO ITS LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) on 30 September 2002 added the following individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

1.EL MOTASSADEQ, Mounir - Date of birth:  April 3, 1974;

            Place of birth:  Marrakesh/Morocco; Citizenship:  Morocco;

PRESS STATEMENT ON 1267 COMMITTEE BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s press statement on the Council’s 1267 Committee by Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria), President of the Security Council:

The members of the Security Council received a detailed briefing by the Chairman of the 1267 Committee.

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SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF LATEST RESOLUTION ON MIDDLE EAST

Following is Friday night’s press statement by Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria), President of the Security Council:

The members of the Security Council call for the full implementation of resolution 1435 (2002).

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN OCTOBER 2002

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in October, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

September/October      United Nations Staff Pension Committee

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

2^nd Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS CELEBRATE TIMOR-LESTE’S INDEPENDENCE, CALL FOR PROGRESS ON REMAINING

TERRITORIES, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS DECOLONIZATION DEBATE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

3rd Meeting (PM)