PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on Burundi by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

Security Council

4697^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS OBSERVER MISSION IN GEORGIA UNTIL 31 JULY,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1462 (2003)

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DEBATES MIDDLE EAST, NORTH KOREAN WITHDRAWAL

FROM NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, OTHER TOPICS

(Reissued as received.)

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.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

607^th Meeting* (PM)

REPUBLIC OF CONGO RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS RAISED

IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Issues Addressed Include Employment,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

80^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL JUDGES INVALIDATED

AFTER THREE BALLOTS; NEW ELECTION TO BE HELD 31 JANUARY

Also, New Member Appointed to Advisory

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT BUSH ON PLEDGE OF STRONGER

UNITED STATES LEADERSHIP IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council

4694^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES STRONG SUPPORT FOR ‘KIMBERLEY PROCESS’,

AIMED AT HALTING ILLICIT DIAMOND TRADE USED TO FUEL CONFLICTS

Resolution 1459 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Côte d’Ivoire by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)                   

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD THAT GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY

STILL NOT SECURE

Council Also Takes Decisions

On Organizational Matters for 2003 Session in July