Economic and Social Council

2002 Organizational Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL APPROVES AGENDA FOR JULY 2002 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

Hears Briefings on Coordination Board, ‘World Economic and Social Prospect 2002’

The Economic and Social Council took a number of decisions regarding its 2002 substantive session, to be held in July, during its organizational session this afternoon.

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Liberia by Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico), President of the Security Council:

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:

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

262^nd Meeting (AM)

MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS BADLY NEEDS RENEWAL OF ENERGY, CONVICTION

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

Urges Recommitment to Principles of Oslo, Madrid;

Committee Elects Officers, Adopts 2002 Work Programme

IMPLEMENTATION OF MITCHELL RECOMMENDATIONS, TENET UNDERSTANDINGS CRITICAL

TO STOPPING 'DEADLY SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE', SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the 2002 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:

Special Committee on

Decolonization

1^st Meeting (AM)

EAST TIMOR’S INDEPENDENCE ANOTHER MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DECOLONIZATION MOVEMENT,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE

Committee Elects Officers, Adopts 2002 Work Programme

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ADMINISTERING POWERS TO MOVE FORWARD

TOWARDS APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

Freely Expressed Wishes of Territorial Peoples Must be Heeded

Following are the opening remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Special Committee of 24 on decolonization at the opening of its 2002 session in New York:

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMES ENTRY INTO FORCE

OF INSTRUMENT AGAINST USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS

GENEVA, 12 February (UN Information Service) -- A treaty to ban the use of children as soldiers comes into force today, crowning ten years of international efforts to fight one of the major causes of human rights violations in the world.

Commission for Social Development

Fortieth Session

3^rd and 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

INCORPORATING SOCIAL GOALS INTO ECONOMIC POLICIES FURTHERS ECONOMIC PROGRESS,

SPEAKERS TELL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

168^th and 169^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ENDS TWO-DAY DEBATE

ON NEED FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF PEACE OPERATIONS