CHAIRPERSONS AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL

SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECTED FOR 2002

NEW YORK, 4 January (Department of Political Affairs) -- Pursuant to paragraph 4 (b) of the note by the President of the Security Council dated

                                                            AFR/368

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT TRAGIC DEATHS

OF SIX ZAMBIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN SIERRA LEONE

PRESS STATEMENT ON WESTERN SAHARA PRISONERS OF WAR

BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius) concerning the decision by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO) to release Moroccan prisoners of war:

PRESS STATEMENT ON REPORT OF ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius) on the Report on Protection against Nuclear Terrorism by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):

The Council took note of the Report of the Director-General of the IAEA on Protection against Nuclear Terrorism

PRESS STATEMENT ON OUTGOING SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius) on the outgoing Council members:

The Council met this morning and members recorded their appreciation for the important contribution of the outgoing members, namely, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Mali, Tunisia and Ukraine, to the work of the Security Council during the term 2000-2001.

SG/SM/8089/Rev.1*

3 January 2002

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS REGIONAL CHALLENGES, POTENTIAL FOR COOPERATION,

IN REMARKS AT INAUGURATION OF BARBADOS UNITED NATIONS HOUSE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the inauguration of United Nations House in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 2 January:

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JANUARY 2002

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in January, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings beginning in January:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN JANUARY

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for January:

Security Council

MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 2002

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The General Assembly is composed of all 189 United Nations Member States.  The States, and the dates on which they became Members, are listed in Press Release ORG/1322/Rev.1 issued 10 January 2001.

SECURITY COUNCIL

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PAKISTANI LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION

AS STEP TOWARDS EASING REGIONAL TENSIONS

The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General

Kofi Annan: