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

Committee on NGOs

47^th Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS UPGRADING OF CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR FOUR ORGANIZATIONS

A Tunisian woman's organization and an information technologies organization were recommended for the broadest "general" consultative status with the Economic and Social Council this morning as the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) continued its resumed 2001 session by considering requests for reclassification.

UNITED NATIONS AND MEXICO TO SIGN HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT

ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

AFRICAN NGOS CREATE REGIONAL NETWORK TO IMPROVE INTERACTION WITH UNITED NATIONS

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 1267 (1999)

CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN REMOVES FOUR ADDITIONAL ENTITIES FROM ITS LIST

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

539^th and 540^th Meetings (AM and PM)

COMMITTEE VOICES CONCERN OVER REVIVAL OF GENDER STEREOTYPES, HIGH ABORTION RATES,

AS ESTONIA REPORTS ON ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Tokyo in the afternoon of Sunday, 20 January, where he met with United States Secretary of State Colin Powell for a half-hour review of world issues, starting with Afghanistan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MICHAEL STEINER

AS HIS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR KOSOVO

The Secretary-General has appointed Michael Steiner of Germany to be his Special Representative for Kosovo.

Committee on NGOs

45^th and 46^th Meetings (AM & PM)

INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN ASSOCIATION DENIED RECOMMENDATION FOR REINSTATEMENT

OF CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL