SECRETARY-GENERALURGES THOROUGH REFORM OF IVORIAN DEFENCE, SECURITY FORCES

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the meeting on the follow-up mechanisms for the peace agreement on Côte d’Ivoire in Paris, on 25 January:

Nous sommes réunis ici aujourd’hui pour entériner l’accord mettant fin au conflit qui ravage la Côte d’Ivoire depuis plusieurs mois. 

The Secretary-General travelled to Paris in the evening of Thursday, 23 January, arriving early the following morning.

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

TO ADDRESS WEST AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE SUMMIT

Under-Secretary-General Olara A. Otunnu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, has been invited to address the twenty-sixth ordinary Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Dakar, Senegal, on

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

606^th & 607^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE URGES CONGO TO ELIMINATE

TRADITIONAL PRACTICES, CUSTOMARY LAWS UNFAIR TO WOMEN

IVOIRIAN LEADERS OF ALL PARTIES MUST ENSURE RESPECT FOR RULE OF LAW,

HUMAN RIGHTS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the Conference of Heads of State on Côte d’Ivoire in Paris on 25 January:

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ELECTS OFFICERS FOR ELEVENTH SESSION,

TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 28 APRIL - 9 MAY

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAME OF AN ENTITY TO ITS LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 24 January 2003 the following entity to its list (Al-Qaida section):

Stichting Benevolence International Nederland (a.k.a. Benevolence International Nederland, a.k.a. BIN). Radeborg 14B, 6228 CV Maastricht, Netherlands. Chamber of commerce registration:  14063277

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

605^th Meeting (AM)

PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY, CUSTOMARY LAW, HUMAN TRAFFICKING ADDRESSED,

AS ALBANIA RESPONDS TO WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Questions Posed by Committee Experts

Concern First, Second Reports on Compliance with Convention

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO MONTREAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS ‘NATIONS WORKING TOGETHER CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE’

Following is the address of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the McGill Model United Nations Assembly, part of the annual Lester B. Pearson lecture series, in Montreal on 23 January:

Security Council

4691^st Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS PLUNDER OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO’S RESOURCES,

REQUESTS NEW SIX-MONTH MANDATE FOR INVESTIGATIVE PANEL

Unanimously Adopts Resolution 1457 (2003);