ICJ REJECTS BELGIAN ARREST WARRANT FOR FOREIGN MINISTER

OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

(Reissued as received.)

THE HAGUE, 14 February (ICJ) – Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, delivered its Judgment in the case concerning the arrest warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium).

                                                            SG/A/787

Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Washington, D.C., in the morning of Wednesday, 13 February.

PRESS STATEMENT ON MIDDLE EAST SITUATION BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of this morning’s press statement on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine question, by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

Commission for Social Development

Fortieth Session

7^th and 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO DISABILITY ISSUES, SECOND AGEING ASSEMBLY

DISCUSSED IN COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

'EDUCATION FOR ALL' BEST INVESTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT,

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD

At a round-table discussion held today, as part of preparations for this year’s high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council’s substantive session, it was agreed that education for all was the best investment a country could make for its development. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES TOGOLESE PARTIES TO RETURN TO LOMÉ AGREEMENT CONSENSUS

The following statement, originally issued in French on 12 February, was issued by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Commission for Social Development

Fortieth Session

5^th and 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS STRESS QUALITY OF LIFE AS KEY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOAL IN CONCLUDING

COMMISSION'S DEBATE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL POLICY INTEGRATION

Security Council

4472^nd Meeting (AM)

BRIEFED ON SITUATION IN ANGOLA, COUNCIL MEMBERS CALL FOR TIGHTER SANCTIONS

AGAINST NATIONAL UNION FOR THE TOTAL INDEPENDENCE OF ANGOLA (UNITA))

Plight of 4 Million Internally Displaced,

Humanitarian Access to Remote Areas, among Members’ Concerns

Security Council

4473^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES FULL SUPPORT FOR NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR KOSOVO

The Security Council this afternoon expressed full support for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Michael Steiner, upon his assumption of the position as Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).