The United States called for an integrated and comprehensive approach to the issue of proliferation of small arms and light weapons, as the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on the subject continued its general debate this morning.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, is on his way to the island.
The 2001 United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects should focus on supply and demand, State responsibility and agreed norms for security and the safe management of official stockpiles, the Preparatory Committee for the Conference was told this afternoon as it began its general debate.
Commission Elects Officers, Hears Statement By Secretary-Generals Special Adviser on Gender Issues
As long as there was no change in the Belgrade regime, the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro were on a slow but very steady collision course, Carl Bildt, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Balkans, told members of the Security Council today as he briefed them on the situation in the region.
Council meets to Discuss Cooperation In Combating HIV/AIDs Pandemic, Particularly in Africa
The Preparatory Committee of the 2001 Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects opened its first session this morning, electing Carlos dos Santos (Mozambique) Chairman and adopting its provisional agenda and work programme.
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Global Meeting of Resident Coordinators, delivered in Glen Cove, New York, on 28 February:
The twenty-fifth annual United Nations International School (UNIS) United Nations Conference will be held on 2 to 3 March in the General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters, with the theme: "A Changing World: Examining Global Interdependence and Inequalities".
