UNITED NATIONS PRESENTS INTERIM PROGRAMME TO BRING

IMMEDIATE RELIEF, RECOVERY TO AFGHANISTAN

International donors and development partners, gathering in Tokyo, Japan, 21-22 January to pledge funds to rebuild Afghanistan’s shattered infrastructure and economy, will have the opportunity to jump-start the country’s recovery by financing a unique interim strategy that will provide the long-suffering Afghan people with immediate benefits.

Donors Meet in Tokyo to Commit to Major Recovery Plan

for Conflict-Ravaged Afghanistan

Ministers from leading donor countries are meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on

21-22 January to make commitments to a major recovery plan for conflict-ravaged Afghanistan.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

532^nd Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE WELCOMES ICELAND’S REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVENTION

ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

Reservations Expressed on Non-Incorporation

Of Convention Provisions into Domestic Icelandic Law

States Parties to Convention

against Racial Discrimination

Nineteenth Session

28^th Meeting (AM)

Committee on NGOs

38^th Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR DOMINICANS

FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE; ADOPTS REVISED QUESTIONNAIRE FOR APPLICANTS

Dominicans for Justice and Peace, an international organization based in Switzerland, was recommended for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council this afternoon by the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). 

Committee on NGOs

37^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

TAKES NOTE OF TEN PERIODIC REPORTS

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) this morning took note of ten quadrennial reports submitted by NGOs that have general and special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, as it continued its resumed 2001 session.  It deferred two such reports pending clarifications.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

40^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $2.63 BILLION 2002-2003 BUDGET,

CONCLUDES MAIN PART OF FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION

CORRECTIONS

      On page 12 of Press Release GA/AB/3492 of 24 December 2001, the fourth paragraph should read:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES SEVEN DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON TRIBUNALS, DUES PAYMENTS,

UN COMMON SYSTEM, INTERNAL OVERSIGHT, POLITICAL MISSIONS

CORRECTION

The last paragraph on page 6, extending to the top of page 7 of Press Release GA/AB/3491 of 20 December 2001 should read:

Preparatory Committee for the

International Conference

 on Financing for Development

4^th Meeting (AM)

FREE ACCESS TO MARKETS, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, DEBT RESOLUTION NEEDED FOR SUCCESSFUL

AFGHANISTAN OPIUM BAN AN IMPORTANT STEP IN GLOBAL DRUG CONTROL EFFORTS,

SAYS UN DRUG CONTROL OFFICE

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 17 January (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) says the ban on opium poppy cultivation announced this week in Afghanistan represents a very important step in international drug control efforts.