UN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES TASK FORCE

HOLDS SECOND MEETING AT HEADQUARTERS

UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO VISIT ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

All 15 member of the United Nations Security Council will travel to Ethiopia and Eritrea from 20-25 February to address the peace process between the two neighbouring countries and to discuss with the parties the further implementation of their agreements, signed in Algiers in 2000.

The delegation will be headed by Ambassador Ole Peter Kolby of Norway.

Ad Hoc Committee on Assembly

Resolution 51/210

Sixth Session

25^th Meeting (AM)

AGREEMENT ON COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON TERRORISM

‘ELUSIVE’, AD HOC COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Completion of Convention on Nuclear Terrorism

Also Blocked by Disagreement on Treaty’s Scope

Security Council

4464^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNITED NATIONS

OBSERVER MISSION IN GEORGIA TO 31 JULY 2002

Resolution 1393 (2002) Adopted Unanimously

Stressing that lack of progress was unacceptable on a settlement to the conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) until 31 July 2002.

UNRWA LAUNCHES EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4466^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS ISSUES CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA,

MIDDLE EAST, TERRORISM, IN ‘WRAP UP’ MEETING FOR JANUARY

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NIGEL FISHER AS DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS IN AFGHANISTAN

While on his first official visit to Kabul on 25 January 2002, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced the appointment of Nigel Fisher as his Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Austria in the evening of Sunday, 27 January. 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN FEBRUARY 2002

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

Meetings continued from previous month:

Security Council

4465^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, WITH WIDE-RANGING PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, AIMS TO IMPROVE