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: 

Round-up of Session

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION

Issues Final Recommendations on Reports of Latvia, Liechtenstein,

Ethiopia, Egypt, Lithuania, Lesotho, Saudi Arabia, Palau, Dominican Republic

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on NGOs

787^th Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ECOCOC CONSULTATIVE STATUS

FOR 54 NGOS OVER TWO-WEEK SESSION

UNEP AND IAEA EXPLORING DEPLETED URANIUM MISSIONS

TO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, YUGOSLAVIA AND IRAQ

Committee on NGOs

784^th Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE REVIEWS SPECIAL REPORTS

ON THREE ORGANIZATIONS

Committee on the Elimination of                       WOM/1256

 Discrimination against Women                         25 January 2001

500^th and 501^st Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS QUESTION IMPACT OF PATRIARCHAL TRADITION

ON SITUATION OF WOMEN IN UZBEKISTAN

AFRICAN PREPARATORY MEETING FOR RACISM CONFERENCE CALLS

FOR INTENSIFIED GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST RACISM

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

In a note verbale addressed to Member States on 12 April 2000, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Afghanistan designated funds and financial resources of the Taliban as per paragraph 4(b) of that resolution and approved a list of entities and/or persons that have so far been identified by the Committee based on information provided by Member States as falling under one of the categories mentioned in the above note, as well as in Press Release SC/6844.  The following entities have been added to the list:

Committee on NGOs

785^th Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPLAINTS; CONSIDERS APPLICATIONS OF NGOS

The Committee on Non-governmental Organizations met this afternoon to continue its review of complaints against non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and to consider applications for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) during its resumed 2000 session.