Note to Correspondents                                      Note No. 5708

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

166^th and 167^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS TELLS SPECIAL COMMITTEE

OPERATIONS MUST DEPLOY CREDIBLY, RAPIDLY TO SUCCEED

NEW SPIRIT, REALISTIC GOALS MARK SECOND ROUND OF JOHANNESBURG PREPARATIONS

A set of achievable actions for advancing a different kind of development --one that promotes economic growth, helps people and protects the environment -- moved one step closer to becoming reality, as the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development concluded its second session on 8 February with a framework for identifying new initiatives.

PROFESSOR ELISABETH MANN BORGESE, CO-ARCHITECT

OF LAW OF SEA CONVENTION, DIES AT 83

NEW YORK, 8 February (UN Information Service) -- Professor Elizabeth Mann Borgese, who for more than three decades was one of the driving forces in the search for peaceful uses of the oceans and a fair and equitable distribution of their resources, died today in Switzerland at the age of 83.

REDESIGNED POPULATION INFORMATION WEB SITE LAUNCHED

NEW YORK, 8 February (DESA) -- The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs is pleased to announce the launching of the redesigned Web site of the United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN).  The new POPIN facilitates access to the increasing wealth of international, regional and national population information available in the United Nations system.

UN, DONORS TALK SERIOUSLY ABOUT SOMALIA

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as Preparatory Committee for

 World Summit on Sustainable Development

14^th & 15^th Meetings (AM & PM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES

SECOND SESSION; ADOPTS ‘CHAIRMAN’S PAPER’ AS NEGOTIATING DOCUMENT

By Recorded Vote of 93-44-16, Approves China’s No Action

PROGRESS MADE ON DRAFT UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

First Meeting of Ad Hoc Committee Concludes in Vienna

(Delayed in transmission.)

VIENNA, 5 February (UN Information Service) -- Negotiations on a Convention against Corruption have begun at the Ad Hoc Committee for the Elaboration of a Convention against Corruption which concluded its first two-week session in Vienna on 1 February 2002.

Security Council

4471^st Meeting (PM)

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, COUNCIL AFFIRMS SUPPORT

FOR TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF BURUNDI

Security Council

4470^th Meeting (AM)

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL

ON SITUATION OF WORLD’S 21 MILLION REFUGEES

Ruud Lubbers Cautions against ‘Unwarranted Linkages’

Between Refugees, Terrorists Implicit in Current Anti-Terrorism Measures