AFGHANISTAN NEEDS $1.3 BILLION TO COVER IMMEDIATE NEEDS, $10 BILLION

OVER NEXT FIVE YEARS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS TOKYO CONFERENCE

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan, held in Tokyo, 21 January 2002:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES ISRAELI DESTRUCTION OF PALESTINIAN RADIO/TV STATION;

REITERATES THAT SOLUTION TO CONFLICT CANNOT BE REACHED THROUGH FORCE

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

Security Council

4454^th Meeting (AM)

COUNCIL MEMBERS REGRET ‘STALEMATE’ IN INSTALLATION

OF KOSOVO’S NEWLY ELECTED INSTITUTIONS

Members Welcome Appointment of Michael Steiner (Germany)

To Replace Hans Haekkerup as Special Representative for Kosovo

Committee on NGOs

41^st Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS OXFAM INTERNATIONAL FOR GENERAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECOSOC; APPROVES 13 OTHERS FOR SPECIAL STATUS

UNITED NATIONS PRESENTS INTERIM PROGRAMME TO BRING

IMMEDIATE RELIEF, RECOVERY TO AFGHANISTAN

International donors and development partners, gathering in Tokyo, Japan, 21-22 January to pledge funds to rebuild Afghanistan’s shattered infrastructure and economy, will have the opportunity to jump-start the country’s recovery by financing a unique interim strategy that will provide the long-suffering Afghan people with immediate benefits.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘MURDEROUS ATTACK’ IN ISRAEL,

REITERATES CALL FOR RETURN TO DIALOGUE

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

Security Council

4453^rd Meeting (AM & PM)

ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON COUNTER-TERRORISM

COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP LONG-TERM STRATEGY TO DEFEAT TERROR

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES COMPLETION OF SIERRA LEONE DISARMAMENT PROCESS,

STRESSES CRUCIAL TASKS REMAINING

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING COUNCIL MEETING ON COUNTER-TERRORISM,

SAYS UNITED NATIONS ‘STANDS FOUR-SQUARE’ AGAINST SCOURGE

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at today’s Security Council meeting on counter-terrorism:

This meeting is essentially an opportunity for Member States to discuss the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee established by resolution 1373. 

Committee on NGOs

40^th Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECOSOC

FOR ONE ORGANIZATION, DEFERS ONE APPLICATION

Committee Continues Consideration

Of Reports by Freedom House, Other Human Rights NGOs