UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME CONFIRMS URANIUM 236 FOUND

IN DEPLETED URANIUM PENETRATORS

GENEVA, 16 January (UNEP) -– Early laboratory results confirm that pieces of depleted uranium (DU) penetrators found at sites targeted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the 1999 Kosovo conflict contain Uranium 236, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reported here today.

Preparatory Committee for the

United Nations Conference on

 The Illicit Trade in Small Arms

 And Light Weapons in All Its Aspects

21^st Meeting (AM)

SMALL ARMS PREPARATORY COMMITTEE CONSIDERS ELEMENTS OF POSSIBLE

CONFERENCE DECLARATION AND ACTION PLAN

Security Council                                            SC/6989*

Preparatory Committee for the

United Nations Conference on

 The Illicit Trade in Small Arms

 And Light Weapons in All Its Aspects

22^nd Meeting (PM)

MARKING AND TRACKING OF WEAPONS STRESSED AS SMALL ARMS

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE CONSIDERS ACTION PLAN

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL THAT STRENGTH AND PROMISE

OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING LIES IN COLLABORATIVE APPROACH

Following is the text of a statement made today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to a Security Council open debate on strengthening cooperation with troop-contributing countries:

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

487^th Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL ADVISER ON GENDER TELLS WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

CERTAIN GOALS REACHED, BUT EFFORTS MUST STILL BE INTENSIFIED

Committee on NGOs

770^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON NGOS RECOMMENDS GRANTING ECOSOC STATUS TO FOUR MORE ORGANIZATIONS

The 2000 resumed session of the Committee on Non-governmental Organizations this morning continued its consideration of applications from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) which were deferred from its previous sessions.

                                                      POP/785

Committee on NGOs

771^st Meeting (PM)

CANADIAN NGO RECOMMENDED FOR ECOSOC CONSULTATIVE STATUS

BY COMMITTEE ON NGOS

The 2000 resumed session of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) this afternoon recommended granting roster status to YWCA of/du Canada and deferred action on requests for reclassification of status of two NGOs.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATHS OF UNITED NATIONS TEAM MEMBERS

IN HELICOPTER ACCIDENT IN MONGOLIA

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 14 January: