Press Release

Note to Correspondents

‘ONE STEP BEYOND -- THE MINE REVISITED’ EXHIBITION OPENS

AT HEADQUARTERS ON 7 NOVEMBER

BRAZIL TO DEPOSIT 100TH RATIFICATION OF WHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION

ON TOBACCO CONTROL ON 3 NOVEMBER

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

UN INTERNATIONAL LAW APPRECIATION PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG LAWYERS

SAID TO HAVE POSITIVE IMPACT FOR GOALS OF WORLD BODY

Legal Committee Speakers Commend Value of Seminars,

Sixtieth General Assembly

Second Committee

22^nd & 23^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS UNDERSCORE LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE, GROWING NUMBER OF NATURAL

DISASTERS AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DEBATE

Sixtieth General Assembly

Second Committee

22^nd & 23^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS UNDERSCORE LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE, GROWING NUMBER OF NATURAL

DISASTERS AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DEBATE

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENTS TO FIVE SUBSIDIARY BODIES

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

43^rd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGES STATES TO OBSERVE OLYMPIC TRUCE DURING UPCOMING

WINTER GAMES IN ITALY, USE SPORT AS TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT

PREPAREDNESS PLANS, VACCINE DEVELOPMENT, FARMER COMPENSATION CALLED FOR,

AS ECOSOC HOLDS SPECIAL EVENT ON ‘URGENT, GLOBAL’ THREAT FROM AVIAN FLU

UN FORUM AIMS TO INCREASE GLOBAL FINANCIAL ACCESS, HONOURS NINE

MICROENTREPRENEURS AT HEADQUARTERS 7 – 9 NOVEMBER

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY ETHIOPIA , ERITREA TROOP MOVEMENTS,

URGES RESTRAINT, STEPS TO DEFUSE ESCALATING TENSION

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: