Committee on Relations

with Host Country

213^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES NEW DIPLOMATIC PARKING PROGRAMME,

SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT ON 1 NOVEMBER

New York City’s new Parking Programme complied with international law, but efforts should be made to ensure it was applied fairly and indiscriminately,

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

212^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES NEW PROVISIONAL PARKING PROGRAMME

Issuance of Visas, Real Estate Taxes also Raised by Delegations

The United States Mission to the United Nations and the City of New York had agreed on a provisional diplomatic parking programme, the Committee on Relations with the Host Country was told this afternoon.

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

211^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY CONSIDERS PROBLEM

OF NEW YORK CITY TAX DEMANDS ON LIBYAN MISSION

Also Discussed:  Travel Restrictions on Certain Diplomats,

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

210^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETS TO DISCUSS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, VISAS

The issues of travel restrictions and entry visas were the focus of discussions, as the Committee on Relations with the Host Country met this afternoon.

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

209^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE APPROVES ANNUAL REPORT

The Committee on Relations with the Host Country this afternoon approved its annual report, by which the General Assembly would extend its deepest condolences to the families of those killed in the terrorist attacks on the host city and country on 11 September.

CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY EXPRESSES OUTRAGE

AT LAST WEEK’S TERRORIST ATTACKS

Following is the text of today’s press statement by Sotirios Zacheos, Chairman of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country:

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

208^th Meeting (AM)

INVIOLABILITY OF PRINCIPLE OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY, MISSION PRIVILEGES,

INVOKED IN EMERGENCY MEETING OF HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE

CAPITAL MASTER PLAN:  ENGAGEMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING FIRMS

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

207^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ‘DISCRIMINATORY’ TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS

IMPOSED ON CERTAIN MISSIONS

Delays and denials in visa issuance, parking problems and travel restrictions were among the issues discussed by the Committee on Relations with the Host Country this afternoon.

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

206^th Meeting (AM)

HOST COMMITTEE DISCUSSES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN MISSION STAFF

The Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its first meeting for 2001 this morning, to hear a complaint from Cuba that the host country (United States) had denied travel authorization to a member of its permanent Mission to the United Nations.