Security Council

4685^th Meeting (AM)

CLEAR INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS SUPPORTS ‘ROAD MAP’ TOWARDS TWO-STATE

MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Says

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ‘PROGRESSIVELY GAINING IN RELEVANCE’,

NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT TELLS MEMBERS

Four Vice-Presidents also Elected, as Council holds First Meeting of Year

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

592^nd and 593^rd Meetings (AM & PM)      

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE EXPERTS EXPRESS OPTIMISM NEW GOVERNMENT

OF KENYA WILL COUNTER PERSISTENT, TRADITIONAL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION

Committee on NGOs

35^th & 36^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE ON NGOS RECOMMENDS ONE ORGANIZATION FOR ROSTER CONSULTATIVE

STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Defers Consideration of Several NGOs;

Hears Report by Chief of Secretariat NGO Section

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement made today on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Jean-Marc de la Sablière:

Security Council

2002 Round-up

SITUATIONS IN IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN, BALKANS, AFRICA

AMONG KEY ISSUES BEFORE SECURITY COUNCIL IN 2002

Security Council

4684^th Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ONE ORGANIZATION FOR ECOSOC CONSULTATIVE STATUS,

DEFERS ACTION ON SEVERAL OTHERS

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROVIDES LIST TO SECURITY COUNCIL OF THOSE USING CHILD SOLDIERS,

SAYS EXPOSURE MEANS VIOLATORS OF PROTECTION NORMS CAN NO LONGER ACT WITH IMPUNITY

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to today’s Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict in New York:

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

590^th and 591^st Meetings (AM and PM)

EXPERTS IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE RAISE QUESTIONS CONCERNING

REPORTS OF SWITZERLAND ON COMPLIANCE WITH CONVENTION

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 14 JANUARY 2003

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen -– and Happy New Year!