GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

MEET UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL’S AUSPICES

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Pursuant to the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995, representatives of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met on 31 January and

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SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES PROFOUND CONCERN OVER DIFFICULTIES

FACING COLOMBIAN PEACE TALKS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GREATER ATTENTION ON CONFLICT PREVENTION

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Colloquium on Peacekeeping and Conflict Prevention, delivered yesterday in Paris on the Secretary-General’s behalf by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AMENDS LIST CONCERNING SIERRA LEONE

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN FEBRUARY

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for February:

Security Council

Saïd Ben Mustapha (Tunisia) succeeds Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

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Preparatory Committee for the 2001

Special Session of the General Assembly

 on the Children’s World Summit

8^th Meeting (PM)

Preparatory Committee for the 2001

Special Session of the General Assembly

 On the Children’s World Summit

7^th Meeting (AM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR ASSEMBLY’S SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN

CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF DRAFT OUTCOME DOCUMENT

Speakers Recommend Changes to Text’s Organization,

Highlight Differing Roles for State, Family in Children’s Rights

Preparatory Committee for the 2001

Special Session of the General Assembly

 on the Children’s World Summit

4^th Meeting (PM)

GIRLS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BEFORE BIRTH, CHILDREN’S

SPECIAL SESSION PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOLD

CORRECTION

On page 1 of Press Release HR/4516 issued 30 January, the second paragraph should read, as follows: