Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

594^th & 595^th Meetings (AM & PM)                 

EXPERTS IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE EXPRESS CONCERN

AT DECLINE OF WOMEN’S SITUATION IN ALBANIA

Background Release

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO OPEN 2003 SESSION ON 20 JANUARY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 16 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will open its 2003 session on Monday, 20 January, at the Palais des Nations.  The first public plenary will take place at 10 a.m. Tuesday, 21 January.

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:

RESOLUTIONS AND STATEMENTS

OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL

2002

CONTENTS

Chronology of 2002 Security Council Resolutions

Chronology of 2002 Security Council Presidential Statements

Security Council Presidency 2002, Security Council Members 2002

Security Council Resolutions

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: