WORLD FDI FLOWS GREW AN ESTIMATED 6 PER CENT IN 2004, ENDING DOWNTURN

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON 24 JANUARY

TO COMMEMORATE 60^TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION OF NAZI DEATH CAMPS

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

TSUNAMI-AFFECTED COUNTRIES FACE SEVERE LOCAL FOOD SECURITY PROBLEMS

Estimated 2 Million People in Need

Of Food Aid; Overall Food Availability in Region Adequate

(Reissued as received.)

PRESS STATEMENT ON ATTACKS, LOSS OF LIFE IN MIDDLE EAST

 

BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

 

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina) on the recent attacks in the Middle East and the resulting loss of life:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETS SENIOR US OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS

IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST AL-QAIDA, TALIBAN

 

Security Council

5109^th Meeting (PM)

NORTH-SOUTH PEACE AGREEMENT IN SUDAN SHOULD FURTHER SOLUTION

 

TO CONFLICT IN DARFUR, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

But Possibility of Intensified Violence

In Darfur Must Be Addressed, Says Special Representative

Committee on NGOS

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO committee recommends seven organizations for consultative status

 

with Economic and Social Council; defers 19 applications

Takes Note of Quadrennial Report of One NGO, Defers Action on Five Others

SECRETARY-GENERAL FORWARDS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT LETTER ON CREATION

OF REGISTER OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY SEPARATION WALL IN WEST BANK

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Afghanistan by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina):

The Security Council received a briefing by Mr. Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan, on the situation in Afghanistan and the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

Committee on NGOS

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

committee on ngos recommends 7 organizations for consultative status

with Economic and Social Council, defers action on 11 applications

Members Also Note 68 Quadrennial Reports, Postpone Consideration of 4 Others