PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on illegal exploitation of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the President of the Security Council, Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica):

Security Council

4418^th and 4419^th Meetings (PM/Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL SEES NEED TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS

OF SANCTIONS AGAINST REBEL GROUP IN ANGOLA

Presidential Statement, after Debate with 22 Nations Taking

Part, Also Looks to Holding of Elections When Conditions Appropriate

Security Council

4417^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, COMMENDS NELSON MANDELA’S

‘UNWAVERING COMMITMENT’ TO RECONCILIATION IN BURUNDI

Also Calls for Halt to Hostilities, Support for Transitional Government

Security Council

4415^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL SETS UNITED NATIONS COURSE FOR SUPPORTING

NEW GOVERNANCE IN AFGHANISTAN; URGES NO REPRISALS

Resolution 1378, Adopted Unanimously, Anticipates Broad-Based,

Multi-Ethnic Transitional Administration, Leading to New Government

Security Council

4414^th Meeting (AM & PM)

AFGHANISTAN, ONE OF UN'S GREATEST CHALLENGES, AT 'MOST URGENT STAGE',

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT DAY-LONG SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING

Special Representative Outlines Plans for Political Transition;

                                                            SC/7208

Security Council

4413^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON ALL STATES TO INTENSIFY EFFORTS

TO ELIMINATE INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

Resolution 1377 (2001) Adopted Unanimously; Council

Hears Statements by US Secretary of State, 14 Foreign Ministers

Security Council

4410^th & 4412^th Meetings* (AM & Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS THIRD DEPLOYMENT PHASE

FOR UN MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Resolution 1376 (2001) Adopted Unanimously;

Describes Variety of Requirements for Phase III Implementation

Security Council

4409^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON ‘ALL WOMEN AND MEN OF KOSOVO’ TO VOTE

IN 17 NOVEMBER PROVINCE-WIDE ELECTIONS

Presidential Statement Welcomes Yugoslav President’s

Helpful Role in Recommending Kosovo Serb Participation

The Security Council this morning called upon all women and men of

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT

This is the text of today’s press statement on the Sierra Leone Special Court by the President of the Security Council, Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica):

Members of the Security Council were briefed by Under-Secretary-General Hans Corell, head of the Office of Legal Affairs, on the status of the establishment of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.