SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO GENEVA CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT,

SEES BOTH ‘STAGNATION’ AND POSSIBILITIES IN DISARMAMENT ARENA

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Disarmament at Geneva on 22 January, delivered on the Secretary-General’s behalf by Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva:

Committee on NGOs

44^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ONE NGO FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC

AND SOCIAL COUNCIL; DEFERS ONE APPLICATION; LEAVES TWO PENDING

Committee on NGOs

43^rd Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TWO BODIES FOR SPECIAL STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

One NGO Recommended for Roster Status;

Committee Also Briefed on NGO Accreditation with Human Rights Commission

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

536^th and 537^th Meetings (AM and PM)

EXPERTS WELCOME POSITIVE ASPECTS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

MEASURES BUT STRESS PERSISTENCE OF GENDER-BASED CONSTRAINTS

AFGHANISTAN NEEDS $1.3 BILLION TO COVER IMMEDIATE NEEDS, $10 BILLION

OVER NEXT FIVE YEARS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS TOKYO CONFERENCE

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan, held in Tokyo, 21 January 2002:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT, REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES

COMMANDER, ON SIGNING OF ACCORD ON 20 JANUARY

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES ISRAELI DESTRUCTION OF PALESTINIAN RADIO/TV STATION;

REITERATES THAT SOLUTION TO CONFLICT CANNOT BE REACHED THROUGH FORCE

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

Security Council

4454^th Meeting (AM)

COUNCIL MEMBERS REGRET ‘STALEMATE’ IN INSTALLATION

OF KOSOVO’S NEWLY ELECTED INSTITUTIONS

Members Welcome Appointment of Michael Steiner (Germany)

To Replace Hans Haekkerup as Special Representative for Kosovo

Committee on NGOs

42^nd Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE APPROVES TWO NGOS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS,

DEFERS DECISION ON TWO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

Committee on NGOs

41^st Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS OXFAM INTERNATIONAL FOR GENERAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECOSOC; APPROVES 13 OTHERS FOR SPECIAL STATUS