SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES IRAQ’S HAND-OVER OF KUWAITI PROPERTY

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

STATEMENT TO PRESS ON IRAQ INSPECTIONS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement on the Iraq inspections made today to the press by Security Council President Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia):

PRESS STATEMENT ON KUWAIT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement to the press made by the President of the Security Council, Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia), concerning missing Kuwaiti and third country nationals, as well as Kuwaiti property issues on 18 December:

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

APPROVES AWARDS OF APPROXIMATELY $182 MILLION

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.)