Press Release

The Secretary-General arrived in Kabul this morning to offer moral support to the new Interim Administration and to thank members of the United Nations staff in Afghanistan for their sustained effort to provide humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people.

The Secretary-General left Tokyo for Islamabad, Pakistan, on the morning of Wednesday, 23 January, stopping in Bangkok, Thailand, to pick up a private plane that Qatar made available to him for the next legs of his trip.

UN REPORT RELEASED ON INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF REFUGEE SMUGGLING;

NINE INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED BY KENYAN AUTHORITIES

Committee on NGOs                                           NGO/460*

Committee on NGOs

49^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THREE NGOS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

                                                            ENV/DEV/605*

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

541^st and 542^nd Meetings (AM and PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS CASTIGATE SLOW PACE OF PROGRESS

TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY IN URUGUAY

FIFTY-THIRD VOLUME OF UNITED NATIONS YEARBOOK PUBLISHED

COVERING ORGANIZATION’S MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN 1999

Note to Correspondents

AMID PREPARATIONS FOR WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, UNVEILING

OF ‘WORLD MANDALA MONUMENT’ TO TAKE PLACE AT HEADQUARTERS, 28 JANUARY

On the occasion of the opening of the second preparatory session of

the Commission on Sustainable Development, to take place from 28 January to

Committee on NGOs

48^th Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ONE ORGANIZATION FOR GENERAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, FOUR FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS