PI/1456

UN STUDY EXPOSES ORIGINS, DIMENSIONS AND IMPACT OF AFGHANISTAN OPIUM ECONOMY,

POINTS TO ALTERNATIVE

Ad Hoc Committee on Indian Ocean

449^th Meeting (PM)

INDIAN OCEAN COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS IN ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION;

SUBSTANTIVE SESSION SCHEDULED FOR 8 JULY

OPEN DISCUSSION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND WORLD GOVERNANCE

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 3 February (UN Information Service) -- The issue of terrorism prevention strategies will be discussed by a group of experts during an upcoming meeting to be held in Turin.

POWER STATIONS THREATEN PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE WITH MERCURY POISONING;

GLOBAL STUDY OF THIS HAZARDOUS HEAVY METAL RELEASED

UNEP's Governing Council 3 to 7 February

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI, 3 February (United Nations Environment Programme) -- Mercury poisoning of the planet could be significantly reduced by curbing pollution from power stations, a new report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) suggests.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS VIOLENCE, APPEALS FOR CALM IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE;

SAYS RECENT AGREEMENT SHOULD BE ‘FIRST STEP TOWARDS PEACE’

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

GOVERNMENTS REACH AGREEMENT ON NEW UNITED NATIONS TREATY

ON POLLUTION INFORMATION DISCLOSURE

(Reissued as received; delayed in transmission.)

GENEVA, 31 January (UNECE) -- Negotiations on a new international treaty under which companies will be required to publicly disclose information on their output of pollutants came to a successful conclusion in Geneva yesterday evening.

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

6^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY OF STATES PARTIES TO ROME STATUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

OPENS RESUMED FIRST SESSION

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAME OF ENTITY TO ITS LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 3 February 2003 the following entity to its list (Al-Qaida section):

Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ)

COURT FINDS THAT YUGOSLAVIA’S APPLICATION FOR REVISION IS INADMISSIBLE

(Reissued as received.)