SG/SM/7693

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS REGISTRAR FOR INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA

      Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed Adama Dieng of Senegal as the new Registrar for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

90^th Meeting (PM)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Tokyo in the evening of Monday, 22 January, after concluding a two-and-a-half day visit to China.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY EARTHQUAKE DEATHS IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR GENEROUS RESPONSE TO AID APPEAL

ON BEHALF OF EL SALVADOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

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

Committee on NGOs

786^th Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS RECLASSIFICATION OF TWO ORGANIZATIONS

On the morning of the last day of its resumed 2000 session, the Committee on Non-governmental Organizations considered requests from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for reclassification of their consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

UN POPULATION FUND AIRLIFTS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SUPPLIES

TO EL SALVADOR QUAKE VICTIMS

NEW YORK, 26 January (UNFPA) -– The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today announced it is airlifting reproductive health supplies to victims of the recent earthquake in El Salvador. The supplies are scheduled to ship early on Monday.

Security Council

4265^th Meeting (AM & PM)

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $1.4 BILLION

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today, in the second payment of the third phase of the payments mechanism, a total of some $1,464.18 million to 24 governments and one international organization for distribution to 716 successful claimants.  This amount includes some: