Press Release

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP FINANCING ESTIMATES

FOR IMPLEMENTING 2005 WORLD SUMMIT REFORMS

Secretary-General’s Report Says Cost

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ERITREA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Araya Desta, the new Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TAJIKISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

IN MIGRANTS DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR SAFEGUARDING HUMAN RIGHTS

OF ALL WHO CROSS BORDERS ‘IN SEARCH FOR A BETTER LIFE’

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Migrants Day, observed on 18 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE ,

CALLS FOR REDOUBLING OF EFFORTS TO MEET ROAD MAP OBLIGATIONS

DEVELOPMENT IS STANDARD AGAINST WHICH WORLD TRADE TALKS WILL BE HELD,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN STATEMENT TO WORLD TRADE CONFERENCE

Lack of Major Gains in Hong Kong Would Be

Severe Disappointment to Poor People Worldwide, He Emphasizes

Security Council

5323^rd Meeting* (PM)

HEAD OF INVESTIGATION INTO ASSASSINATION OF FORMER

LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL

Says ‘It Remains to Be Seen Whether

Syrian Cooperation Would Be Full and without Conditions’

Security Council

5321^st Meeting (AM)

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PROSECUTOR BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL,

DESCRIBES SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN DARFUR INVESTIGATION

Luis Moreno Ocampo Says Climate of Insecurity Impedes Effort;

TWENTY FIVE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NEWLY ASSOCIATED

WITH UN PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, 48 DISASSOCIATED

FOCUS ON SHELTER SHIFTS TO EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS BELOW SNOWLINE IN PAKISTAN

NEW YORK, 13 December (OCHA) -- Operation “Winter Race” is now shifting its focus to reinforcing shelter assistance for people living below the snowline at 5,000 feet.