PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement to the press on Iraq by the President of the Security Council, Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia) on 8 December:

After consulting with the members of the Security Council, the Presidency decided to allow access to the Iraqi declaration to those members with the expertise to assess the risks of proliferation and other sensitive information to begin its immediate review.

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

TO HOLD FORTY-SIXTH SESSION FROM 10 TO 12 DECEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 6 December (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its forty-sixth session from

10 to 12 December 2002 under the Presidency of Ambassador Sverre Bergh Johansen (Norway).

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IRAQ’S PRESIDENT TO FULLY COMPLY WITH SECURITY COUNCIL

DEMANDS ‘FOR THE SAKE OF HIS PEOPLE, REGIONAL STABILITY AND WORLD ORDER’

The following statement was made today in Sarajevo, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The chief United Nations weapons inspectors, Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, arrive in Baghdad today to begin a crucial new phase of disarmament.

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT NEARLY $470 MILLION

(Reissued as received.)

IRAQ TO BEGIN RETURNING KUWAITI ARCHIVES TO KUWAIT ON 19 OCTOBER

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Tomorrow, Saturday, 19 October, Iraq will commence returning to Kuwait the Kuwaiti archives, which were taken by Iraq following its occupation of Kuwait in 1990.  The modalities for the transfer were arranged with Iraq and Kuwait by the United Nations in August 2002.

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS

OF APPROXIMATELY $1 BILLION FOR COMPENSATION

(Reissued as received.)

UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO HOLD FORTY-FIFTH SESSION FROM 1 TO 3 OCTOBER 2002

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 27 September -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) will hold its forty-fifth session from 1 to

3 October 2002 under the presidency of Ambassador Sverre Bergh Johansen (Norway).

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $708,074,583.11

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS

OF $4.9 BILLION FOR COMPENSATION

(Reissued as received.)

FORTY-FOURTH SESSION OF UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL

TO BE HELD FROM 18 - 20 JUNE 2002

GENEVA, 14 June (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) will hold its forty-fourth session from 18 to 20 June 2002 under the presidency of Ambassador Sverre Bergh Johansen (Norway).