UNITED
NATIONS
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
News and Highlights from the President
President met with the Bureau of the Working Group on Security Council;
met with the Bureau of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session
on Children
30 January 2002
This morning, General Assembly President Han Seung-soo met first with the Bureau of the Working Group on Security Council reform and then met with the Bureau of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session on Children. This afternoon, in his capacity as Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, he is on a quick trip to Washington to meet with senior US officials.
Tomorrow, after a meeting with the Permanent Members of the Security Council, he will preside over a plenary of the General Assembly during which he is scheduled to launch the Olympic Appeal for the upcoming Winter Games (A/56/795). The plenary will also take up draft resolution A/56/L.71 Rev. 1 on the digital divide, stating that the UN should play a leadership role on this issue. If adopted, it will decide that the General Assembly should hold three plenary meetings in June devoted to bridging the digital divide. These meetings would also be in preparation for the World Summit on the Information Society which will be held in Geneva in December 2003.
The Assembly is furthermore
expected to adopt a draft resolution which will basically fix the schedule
for the Special Session on Children and for the round tables. Finally,
there are two draft resolutions on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice,
A/56/L.69 and 70. Following the adjournment of the plenary the Working
Group on Security Council reform will have an organizational meeting.