PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON BURUNDI

Following is the statement to the press on Burundi issued on 7 December by Security Council President Moctar Ouane (Mali):

The members of the Security Council condemn in the strongest terms the unjustifiable attacks launched by the rebels since the Transitional Government came into office.  They also express their serious concern over reports of abductions of children in the past few weeks.

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4434^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ENDORSES AFGHANISTAN AGREEMENT ON INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS

SIGNED YESTERDAY IN BONN, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1383 (2001)

Also Declares Willingness to Take Further Action,

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PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Security Council

4433^rd Meeting (AM)

PEACEKEEPING ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL

ON PROGRESS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MISSION

Secretary-General’s Report Suggests Follow-up

Mission After 2002 Should Be Regional Responsibility

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN AGREEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The following statement on the Afghanistan agreement was issued today to the press by the President of the Security Council, Moctar Ouane (Mali):

The Security Council, in the presence of the Secretary-General, heard a briefing by Sir Kieran Prendergast on the agreement concluded today in Bonn on the interim Government in Afghanistan.

Security Council

4432^nd Meeting (AM)

TRANSPARENCY, IMPACT OF MINISTERIAL-LEVEL SESSIONS AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED,

AS SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS TO REVIEW WORK DURING NOVEMBER

The Security Council met this morning to review its work for the month of November under the Presidency of Jamaica.

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for December:

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Security Council

4431^st Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS IRAQ ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME FOR SIX MONTHS,

ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1382 (2001) UNANIMOUSLY

Also Adopts List of Material, Effective 30 May,

Security Council

4429^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH OFFICIALS

OF TRIBUNALS FOR RWANDA, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda might not complete the trials of current detainees before the year 2007 if its present capacity of nine judges remained unchanged, Judge Navanethem Pillay, the Tribunal's President, told the Security Council this morning.

Security Council

4427^th Meeting (AM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MINURSO MANDATE UNTIL 28 FEBRUARY 2002

In a unanimous decision this morning, the Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 28 February 2002.