Press Release

Security Council

4702^nd & 4703^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT

TO MULTI-ETHNIC, DEMOCRATIC KOSOVO

Speakers Focus on Primacy of Standards

to Ensure Needs of People over Determination of Final Status

Background Release

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS 10-21 FEBRUARY,

WITH FOCUS ON NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

“National and International Cooperation for Social Development” will be the focus of the forty-first session of the Commission for Social Development, to be held at Headquarters from 10 to 21 February.

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION:  A GLOBAL ISSUE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST

CENTURY; NEW REPORT NOW AVAILABLE

NEW YORK, 6 February (UN Population Division) -- Around 175 million persons currently reside outside the country of their birth, and almost one of every

WESTERN ASIA PREPARATORY CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SOCIETY SUMMIT CONCLUDES;

ANNOUNCES DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND ‘BEIRUT INITIATIVE’

(Reissued as received.)

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

7^th Meeting (Resumed) (PM)

STATES PARTIES TO CRIMINAL COURT STATUTE FAIL TO ELECT

ANY JUDGES IN THREE ROUNDS OF BALLOTING

WETLANDS SHARED BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN, IRAN ALMOST COMPLETELY DRY,

ACCORDING TO REPORT PRESENTED TO ENVIRONMENT LEADERS IN NAIROBI

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI, 6 February (UNEP) -- The internationally significant Sistan wetlands -- shared between Afghanistan and Iran -- are almost completely dry, according to a new report presented to environmental leaders in Nairobi today.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS OF ‘DISTURBING’ EROSION IN INTERNATIONAL NORMS

ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, IN REMARKS TO DISARMAMENT BOARD

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the meeting with the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters in New York on 6 February:

PROTECTION OF WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN ENDORSED BY WEST AFRICAN LEADERS

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

7^th Meeting (Resumed) (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ELECT THREE MORE JUDGES,

IN CONTINUING ELECTIONS AT HEADQUARTERS

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