Security Council

4443^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES INTERNATIONAL SECURITY FORCE FOR AFGHANISTAN;

WELCOMES UNITED KINGDOM’S OFFER TO BE INITIAL LEAD NATION

Resolution 1386 (2001) Adopted Unanimously

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

General Assembly Plenary

Tenth Emergency Special Session

15^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY EMERGENCY SESSION ON OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

CALLS FOR HALT TO VIOLENCE, ‘MITCHELL REPORT’ IMPLEMENTATION

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

89^th Meeting (AM)

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST MAINTAIN COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN,

SAY SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Pakistan Warns of Dangers Inherent

Economic and Social Council

Resumed 2001 Substantive Session

46^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL FILLS VACANCIES IN SUBSIDIARY BODIES,

ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON CRIME, ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

The Economic and Social Council filled a number of vacancies in its subsidiary bodies and adopted several texts this afternoon, as it concluded its work for 2001.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT HEADQUARTERS, 19 DECEMBER

The Secretary-General: As usual, we meet before the holidays to thank you for all your interest and support during the year 2001 and to wish you all the very best for 2002.

This has been an extraordinary year -- an extraordinary year for the United Nations, for New York, for the United States and for much of the world.

SIXTEENTH LAW OF SEA FELLOWSHIP AWARDED

NEW YORK, 13 December (Office of Legal Affairs) -- The Legal Counsel of the United Nations, acting on the recommendation of an expert advisory panel, has made two awards under the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea, the regular sixteenth award to Kamran Hashemi of Iran and a second, funded by a special grant from the United Kingdom, to Boris Danailov of Bulgaria.

Security Council

4442^nd Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS PROHIBITION OF IMPORT OF SIERRA LEONE ROUGH DIAMONDS

FOR 11 MONTHS, BEGINNING 5 JANUARY 2002

Unanimously Adopts Resolution 1385 (2001)

Security Council

4441^st Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, CONDEMNS PLUNDERING

OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Security Council

4440^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL VOICES FULL SUPPORT FOR OFFICE OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR WEST AFRICA

In Presidential Statement, Council Also Stresses Need

To Strengthen Capacities of Economic Community of West African States