PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s statement on Afghanistan by the President of the Security Council, Jean-David Levitte (France):

Members of the Security Council heard a full briefing by Under-Secretary-General Prendergast on the political, military and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, including the dire consequences of Taliban rule for the Afghan people.

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4375^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

In a brief meeting this afternoon, the Security Council adopted without a vote its annual report to the General Assembly for the period 16 June 2000 to

15 June 2001.

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4374^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS SIERRA LEONE MISSION UNTIL 31 MARCH 2002,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1370 (2001)

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) for six months starting 30 September 2001.

PRESS STATEMENT ON FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today's statement by the President of the Security Council, Jean-David Levitte (France) on the Council's meeting with Mr. Nebojsa Covic, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia):

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4372^nd Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNMEE UNTIL 15 MARCH 2002

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), at unchanged troop and military observer levels, until 15 March 2002.

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4370^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS, ‘IN STRONGEST TERMS’,

TERRORIST ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES

Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1368 (2001),

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

ON TERRORIST ATTACKS IN UNITED STATES

Following is the text of today’s press statement on the terrorist attacks in the United States by the President of the Security Council, Jean-David Levitte (France):

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4368^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES SUCCESSFUL EAST TIMOR ELECTIONS

The Security Council this morning warmly welcomed the successful staging of the elections for East Timor’s first Constituent Assembly on 30 August.

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4367^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS DETAILS OF FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN EAST TIMOR

Today in Dili, the Independent Electoral Commission announced the final certified results for the election held on 30 August and declared that the criteria for a free and fair election had been met, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told the Security Council this morning.

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COUNCIL TERMINATES PROHIBITION ON ARMS SALES TO YUGOSLAVIA

Unanimously Adopts Resolution 1367

The Security Council this morning terminated the prohibitions preventing the sale or supply of arms and related material to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It did this by unanimously adopting resolution 1367.