INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPORT AND DEVELOPMENT SET FOR 16-18 FEBRUARY

Special Adviser to Secretary-General on Sport

For Development and Peace to Hold Press Conference on 30 January

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 29 January (UN Information Service) -- A first international conference on sport and development will take place from 16 to 18 February 2003 in Magglingen, near Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.

SEMINAR ON SECURITY SECTOR REFORM EMPHASIZES DEMOCRATIC CIVILIAN CONTROL

(Reissued as received.)

JOINT INSPECTION UNIT ELECTS CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 15 January (UN Information Service) -- At the first meeting of its winter 2003 session, on 14 January 2003, the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) elected Inspector Armando Duque-González (Colombia) as its Chairman and Inspector Ion Gorita (Romania) as its Vice-Chairman for the current calendar year.

MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 2003

General Assembly

The General Assembly is made up of 191 Member States.  The States and the dates on which they became Members are listed in Press Release ORG/1360 issued

4 October 2002.

Security Council

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JANUARY 2003

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in January, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings beginning in January:

UN STAFF UNION AGAIN CALLS FOR FULL INVESTIGATION

OF RECENT KILLINGS OF UNRWA STAFF

This statement was issued today by the United Nations Staff Union:

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN DECEMBER 2002

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in December, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

3 September-20 December      Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, New York

UN STAFF UNION OUTRAGED BY ATTACK ON REFUGEE AGENCY STAFF,

CALLS FOR FULL INVESTIGATION

The United Nations Staff Union and its Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service are outraged by the latest attack on a staff member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

OVERSIGHT REPORT HIGHLIGHTS AREAS OF CRITICAL CONCERN TO UNITED NATIONS;

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN NOVEMBER 2002

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in November, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month: