The Secretary-General, accompanied by Mrs. Annan, departed New York on Monday evening, 15 January.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FIRM AND CONCERTED ACTION AT CONFERENCE

ON DISARMAMENT TO OVERCOME LAST SESSION’S STALEMATE

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.  The message was delivered at the Conference, opening today, on the Secretary-General’s behalf, by Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General of the United Nations in Geneva:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS TO DO THEIR PART

IN BRIDGING DIGITAL DIVIDE

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seminar in Kothmale, Sri Lanka, on the digital divide.  The message was delivered on the Secretary-General’s behalf on Sunday by Stella Hughes of UNESCO:

Security Council

4263^rd Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1336 (2001), EXTENDS

MANDATE OF ANGOLA SANCTIONS MONITORING MECHANISM FOR THREE MONTHS

Security Council

4261^st & 4262^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, CONCERNED BY RISING TENSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,

SAYS LACK OF DIALOGUE, ECONOMIC CRISIS OBSTACLES TO RECONCILIATION

Presidential Statement Commends Peace-building Support Office,

Committee on NGOs

781^st Meeting (PM)

Committee on NGOs

780^th Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE SEEKS FURTHER INFORMATION ON APPLICATIONS CONSIDERED THIS MORNING

The Committee on Non-governmental Organization this morning decided to keep applications from the Consumer World Organization and from Elizabeth Seton Federation for general consultative status pending and to defer the application of United Nations Watch.

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

494^th Meeting (AM) & 495^th Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONSIDERS FINLAND’S REPORTS;

EXPERTS PRAISE COUNTRY’S ROLE IN PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY

Committee on NGOs

779^th Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS ON SEVEN OF TWELVE APPLICATIONS

DISCUSSED THIS AFTERNOON