Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

534^th and 535^th Meetings (AM and PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS PRAISE PORTUGAL’S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF WOMEN

Country Is Urged to Further Raise Public Awareness

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING COUNCIL MEETING ON COUNTER-TERRORISM,

SAYS UNITED NATIONS ‘STANDS FOUR-SQUARE’ AGAINST SCOURGE

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at today’s Security Council meeting on counter-terrorism:

This meeting is essentially an opportunity for Member States to discuss the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee established by resolution 1373. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO PUT UN ASSETS ‘TO FULL USE’ IN ASSISTING GOVERNMENTS

OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, RWANDA, CONCERNING VOLCANIC ERUPTION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES COMPLETION OF SIERRA LEONE DISARMAMENT PROCESS,

STRESSES CRUCIAL TASKS REMAINING

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘MURDEROUS ATTACK’ IN ISRAEL,

REITERATES CALL FOR RETURN TO DIALOGUE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF UNITED NATIONS

FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

The Secretary-General has appointed Joke Waller-Hunter of the Netherlands as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to succeed Michael Zammit Cutajar, who retires on 31 January.  The appointment has been made after consultations with the Conference of Parties through its Bureau.

Security Council

4453^rd Meeting (AM & PM)

ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON COUNTER-TERRORISM

COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP LONG-TERM STRATEGY TO DEFEAT TERROR

Committee on NGOs

40^th Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECOSOC

FOR ONE ORGANIZATION, DEFERS ONE APPLICATION

Committee Continues Consideration

Of Reports by Freedom House, Other Human Rights NGOs

Committee on NGOs

39^th Meeting (AM)

QUESTIONS RAISED IN NGO COMMITTEE CONCERNING REPORT OF FREEDOM HOUSE

A representative of Freedom House responded this morning to comments on a recently submitted special report to the Committee on Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) as the Committee met this morning to continue discussing its methods of work and to begin consideration of special reports.

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO OPEN 2002 SESSION ON 21 JANUARY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 18 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will open its 2002 session on Monday, 21 January at the Palais des Nations.  The first public plenary will take place at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 22 January.