SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MYANMAR TO RELEASE DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI,

SAYS CONTINUED DETENTION NOT HELPFUL TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

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

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 the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for December:

Security Council

Security Council

5092^nd Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ENDORSES CREATION OF TRUST FUND

 

TO SUPPORT UN PROTECTION FORCE IN IRAQ

 

The Security Council this morning endorsed the creation of a trust fund to financially support a United Nations protection force in Iraq.

Security Council

5091^st Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED ON MISSION TO ASSESS PEACE PROCESS

 

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, BURUNDI

France’s Ambassador Says 21-25 November Mission Returned

‘Encouraged’, Although Remaining Obstacles Should Not Be Underestimated

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN DECEMBER 2004

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in December, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

Note to Correspondents

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS TO BE

 

OBSERVED AT UN HEADQUARTERS ON 3 DECEMBER

 

“Nothing About Us Without Us”, the slogan of the international disability movement, will be the theme of the International Day of Disabled Persons 2004, to be observed at the United Nations Headquarters on Friday, 3 December.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

62^nd & 63^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGE ISRAEL, PALESTINIANS TO SEIZE NEW HOPE PRESENTED

BY JANUARY 2005 ELECTIONS FOR WIDER MIDDLE EAST PEACE

 

Secretary-General, in message to dakar forum, links work on water,

sanitation with wider effort to alleviate poverty

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Global WASH Forum in Dakar, from today, 29 November to 3 December 2004:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS EXPANDING MEMBERSHIP IN CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY ‘VITAL’

FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, AS STATES PARTIES MEET IN THE HAGUE

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva, in The Hague, 29 November:

UKRAINE:  SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR MAXIMUM RESTRAINT BY ALL

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following closely and with concern developments in Ukraine over the weekend as that nation struggles to resolve the crisis that has developed over the run-off presidential election on 21 November.