UN, LIBYA TO EXPAND COOPERATION AGAINST DRUGS, CRIME, TERRORISM

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY INCREASED TENSION THREATENING

OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES IN SOMALIA

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

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

637^th & 638^th Meetings (AM & PM)

TRIPARTITE LEGAL SYSTEM HINDERS PROGRESS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY IN NIGERIA,

SAY EXPERTS ON WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

But, Ample Evidence of Nigeria’s Commitment

To Implementing Obligation under Women’s Convention Also Cited

POLITICAL WILL ESSENTIAL IN OVERCOMING CURRENT IMPASSE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, delivered today by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament:

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 19 JANUARY 2004

The Secretary-General:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

As you know, I have just been meeting with senior representatives of the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).

Security Council

4896^th Meeting (AM & PM))

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARMS EMBARGOES, WELCOMES

NEGOTIATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT TO TRACE SMALL ARMS

Presidential Statement, following Day-long Debate on Issue,

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTS MICHAEL SMITH OF AUSTRALIA

AS CHAIRPERSON OF ITS SIXTIETH SESSION

Also Elects Other Members of Bureau for Session Which Starts on 15 March 2004

(Reissued as received.)

BAHAMAS MEETING (26-30 JANUARY) TO DEVELOP COMMON PLATFORM

FOR SMALL ISLAND STATES WORLDWIDE

UN continues humanitarian work in Iraq

Press release

NEW YORK, 19 January 2004 (OCHA) -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today apprised representatives of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council of   the United Nations’ active and ongoing engagement in humanitarian and rehabilitation activities in Iraq.

GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE IS ‘SHINING MODEL’ OF COOPERATION

AGAINST COMMON ENEMY, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MINISTERIAL MEETING

(Delayed in transmission.)

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ministerial meeting of polio-endemic countries on their role in ensuring global eradication, held in New York on 15 January: