SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT WELCOMES

POPE JOHN PAUL II PRAYERS FOR END TO CHILD SOLDIERING

NEW YORK, 22 February (Office of the Special Representative) –- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu has welcomed an announcement by Pope John Paul II that he is devoting the month of February to prayers for an end to the exploitation of children in armed conflict.

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

10^th Meeting (AM)

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON VOLUNTEERING INTRODUCED IN COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

The Commission for Social Development met this morning to hear the introduction of a draft resolution on “Volunteering and social development”.

Security Council

4283^rd Meeting (AM)

THIRTY SPEAKERS ADDRESS SECURITY COUNCIL ON ANGOLA SANCTIONS VIOLATIONS;

CONFLICT DIAMONDS, PENALTIES FOR VIOLATORS AMONG ISSUES RAISED

Sanctions Committee Chair Introduces Monitoring Mechanism Report

Security Council

4282^nd Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS DISENGAGEMENT IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,

URGES ADOPTION OF COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL PLANS BY 15 MAY

Resolution 1341 (2001) Adopted Unanimously;

Council Intends to Monitor Progress with May Mission to Region

                                                      22 February2001

UN RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY LAUNCHES NEW EMERGENCY APPEAL, AS SITUATION

IN WEST BANK AND GAZA CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE

UNITED NATIONS COUNTRY TEAM LAUNCHES $157.5 MILLION

HUMANITARIAN APPEAL FOR ERITREA

ASMARA, 22 February (OCHA) -- The United Nations Country Team today announced its humanitarian appeal for $157,540,306 to meet the needs of

1.76 million war- and drought-affected Eritreans in the year 2001.

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

206^th Meeting (AM)

HOST COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN MISSION STAFF

The Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its first meeting for 2001 this morning, to hear a complaint from Cuba that the host country (United States) had denied travel authorization to a member of its permanent Mission to the United Nations.

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

92^nd Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON TITLE AND ARRANGEMENTS

FOR JUNE 2001 SPECIAL SESSION ON HIV/AIDS

At a brief meeting this afternoon the General Assembly decided that its forthcoming June special session would be referred to as the "special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS".

                  AFG/129

SC/7019

                  22 February 2001

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

9^th Meeting (AM)

TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE INVESTED IN UNREGULATED MARKET IN PAST DECADE,

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD