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Security Council

4438^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL FAILS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION ON MIDDLE EAST SITUATION,

TO CONDEMN USE OF FORCE, ENCOURAGE MONITORING MECHANISM

United States, Exercising Veto, Says Text Sought to Isolate

One Party, Failed to Mention Acts of Terrorism against Israel

The Secretary-General arrived in Stockholm on Wednesday morning, 12 December, where he met with his fellow 2001 Nobel Prize Laureates at the Nobel Foundation.

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17 December 2001

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

TO VISIT NORTHERN IRELAND

Commission for Social Development

Acting as Preparatory Committee for

Second World Assembly on Ageing

9^th Meeting (PM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR AGEING ASSEMBLY APPROVES PARTICIPATION OF 26

NGOS; DECIDES TO HOLD INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING FROM 7 TO 18 JANUARY

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS UNITED STATES DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM ABM TREATY

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

NARCOTIC DRUGS COMMISSION APPROVES TWO-YEAR BUDGET

FOR UNITED NATIONS DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME

Kabul Office to Reopen Soon, to Work with New Afghan

Security Council

4436^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS CYPRUS MISSION UNTIL 15 JUNE 2002,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1384 (2001)

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 15 June 2002.

On 10 December 2001, in Oslo, the United Nations and its Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in its Centenary year for their work towards trying to create a better organized and more peaceful world.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, OUTRAGED BY TERRORIST ATTACK ON INDIAN PARLIAMENT,

CONVEYS CONDOLENCES TO GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE OF INDIA

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

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