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

SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES EXTREME CONCERN AT LEVEL OF VIOLENCE,

GROWING CASUALTIES IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

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

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

589^th Meeting (AM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE OPENS TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION;

ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women -- the monitoring body for the implementation of the Convention against such discrimination – opened its twenty-eighth session this morning.

SECURITY COUNCIL TO DEBATE SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT

ON CHILDREN AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICT

Committee on NGOs

31^st & 32^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS SIX NGOS FOR SPECIAL

CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 2003

General Assembly

The General Assembly is made up of 191 Member States.  The States and the dates on which they became Members are listed in Press Release ORG/1360 issued

4 October 2002.

Security Council

MAJOR-GENERAL FRANCISZEK GĄGOR OF POLAND APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

IN UNITED NATIONS IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVATION MISSION

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Franciszek Gągor of Poland as Force Commander of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) with effect from 17 January 2003.

ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY DIRECTOR-GENERAL CALLS ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S

REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO REVERSE DECISION ON TREATY WITHDRAWAL