Preparatory Committee for the

United Nations Conference on

 The Illicit Trade in Small Arms

 And Light Weapons in All Its Aspects

20^th Meeting (PM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE DEFERS DECISION

ON PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS

Agrees to Hear Civil Society Groups in Informal Session on 18 January

RESOLUTIONS  AND  STATEMENTS

OF  THE  SECURITY  COUNCIL

2000

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

486^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE MONITORING WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women held its organizational meeting this morning at the opening of its twenty-fourth session.

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:

Committee on NGOs

769^th Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR UGANDAN WOMEN’S GROUP

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) this afternoon continued its consideration of applications from non-governmental organizations for consultative status and requests for reclassification of that status that were deferred from its 1999 session.

Committee on NGOs

768^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS MEETS IN RESUMED SESSION

Preparatory Committee for the

United Nations Conference on

 The Illicit Trade in Small Arms

 And Light Weapons in All Its Aspects

19^th Meeting (AM)

MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 2001

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The General Assembly is composed of all 189 United Nations Member States.  The States, and the dates on which they became Members, are listed in Press Release ORG/1322/Rev.1 issued 10 January.

                                                SOC/4555

                                                            ECOSOC/5995