Special Committee on

Decolonization

1^st Meeting (AM)

EAST TIMOR’S INDEPENDENCE ANOTHER MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DECOLONIZATION MOVEMENT,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE

Committee Elects Officers, Adopts 2002 Work Programme

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ADMINISTERING POWERS TO MOVE FORWARD

TOWARDS APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

Freely Expressed Wishes of Territorial Peoples Must be Heeded

Following are the opening remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Special Committee of 24 on decolonization at the opening of its 2002 session in New York:

Commission for Social Development

Fortieth Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION

ON ‘INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY’

More than economic growth was needed to eradicate poverty, the Commission on Social Development was told, as it held its high-level governmental and expert panel discussion entitled "Integration of social and economic policy" this afternoon.

Commission for Social Development                           SOC/4590*

Secretary-General Kofi Annan traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah, in the afternoon of Thursday, 7 February, to attend the XIX Winter Olympic Games, at the invitation of Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY UPSURGE OF FIGHTING IN LIBERIA;

APPEALS FOR HALT TO VIOLENCE, DIALOGUE

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

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the recent upsurge of fighting in Liberia.  It can only bring more suffering to innocent people who have yet to recover from the desolation caused by previous wars.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, DISMAYED BY ISRAELI SHELLING IN GAZA, SAYS SOLUTION TO CONFLICT

WILL NOT BE FOUND THROUGH VIOLENCE, RETALIATION

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

‘RIGHT TO PLAY BELONGS TO EVERYONE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS OLYMPIC AID FORUM

Following are the opening remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Olympic Aid Forum in Salt Lake City, on 9 February:

COMMISSIONER-GENERAL OF PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY PROTESTS ISRAELI BOMBING IN GAZA

UNITED NATIONS STAFF RAISE MORE THAN $150,000 FOR VICTIMS

OF TERROR ATTACKS AGAINST UNITED STATES