Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

49^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON WOMEN MIGRANT WORKERS,

HUMAN RIGHTS AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY, RURAL WOMEN

Draft Introduced on Human Rights, Mass Exoduses

ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE ENCOURAGES ORGANIZATIONS

AND GOVERNMENTS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR SECURE TRADE

GENEVA, 18 November (ECE) -- From 13 to 14 November 2003, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) hosted a meeting on trade security and trade facilitation.

UN TO HOLD MEETING OF EXPERTS AND KEY OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS

ISSUE OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Developing Agreements

To Enhance International Judicial and Police Cooperation among Key Issues for Discussion

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ITALY’S LEADERSHIP IN STRUGGLE TO REALIZE RIGHTS

OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, IN MESSAGE TO NEW YORK AWARD CEREMONY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award Ceremony, honouring Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Italy, delivered by Mrs. Nane Annan, in New York on 17 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES KEY ROLE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN AFRICA’S EFFORTS

TO ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, INTEGRATE INTO GLOBAL ECONOMY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPATRIATION OF OVER 100 RWANDAN REBELS

FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

AIDS EPIDEMIC ‘CONTINUES ITS LETHAL MARCH’, AS INTERNATIONAL ACTION STILL FAR

SHORT OF WHAT IS NEEDED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD AIDS DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of World AIDS Day, observed 1 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DEADLY ATTACK AGAINST REFUGEE WORKER

IN AFGHANISTAN, CALLS FOR GREATER SECURITY MEASURES

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 16 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON ISTANBUL SYNAGOGUES

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 15 November:

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL JUSTICE MUST ADVANCE HAND IN HAND,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT

Following is the address delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the thirteenth Ibero-American summit in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, on 14 November:

It is a great honour to be invited to join you at this summit.