PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today's press statement by Security Council President Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius) concerning Afghanistan:

Security Council members were briefed by the Under-Secretary-General Sir Kieran Prendergast on the situation in Afghanistan.

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today's press statement by Security Council President Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius) concerning the Central African Republic:

Members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern over the increasing problems affecting the political and economic situation in the Central African Republic.

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today's press statement by Security Council President Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

PRESS STATEMENT ON UN MISSION IN SIERRA LEONE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today's press statement on the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) by Security Council President Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius):

PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius) concerning Guinea-Bissau:

CHAIRPERSONS AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL

SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECTED FOR 2002

NEW YORK, 4 January (Department of Political Affairs) -- Pursuant to paragraph 4 (b) of the note by the President of the Security Council dated

PRESS STATEMENT ON OUTGOING SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius) on the outgoing Council members:

The Council met this morning and members recorded their appreciation for the important contribution of the outgoing members, namely, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Mali, Tunisia and Ukraine, to the work of the Security Council during the term 2000-2001.

PRESS STATEMENT ON REPORT OF ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius) on the Report on Protection against Nuclear Terrorism by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):

The Council took note of the Report of the Director-General of the IAEA on Protection against Nuclear Terrorism

PRESS STATEMENT ON WESTERN SAHARA PRISONERS OF WAR

BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius) concerning the decision by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO) to release Moroccan prisoners of war:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN JANUARY

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

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