PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SECRETARY-GENERAL’S

APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ETHIOPIA-ERITREA

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile) on the Secretary-General’s appointment of his Special Envoy for Ethiopia-Eritrea:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for February:

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4908^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL TIGHTENS SANCTIONS AGAINST USAMA BIN LADEN, AL-QAIDA, TALIBAN

Resolution 1526 (2004) Adopted Unanimously, Calls for Improving

Measures to Freeze Assets, Deny Entry or Transit, Prevent Weapons Transfer

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SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS FOUR ENTITIES TO AL-QAIDA

SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban SanctionsCommittee on 26 January 2004added the names of four entities to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

18. *Name:AL-HARAMAIN FOUNDATION (INDONESIA)

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4903^rd Meeting* (AM & PM)

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMS ‘VITAL IMPORTANCE’

OF UNITED NATIONS’ ROLE IN POST-CONFLICT RECONCILIATION

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Central African Republic by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile):

PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on Burundi by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile):

Members of the Security Council welcomed the discussions held from 18 to 21 January 2004, in Oisterwijk, Netherlands, between the President of the Burundian Republic, Mr Ndayizéyé, and a delegation of the Forces nationales de libération (Palipehutu-FNL).