Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

275^th Meeting (AM)

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE SEEKS END TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES,

REVERSAL OF BUILDING OF SEPARATION WALL

Action by General Assembly Called for; Other Texts Urge UN

To Continue Information, Related Efforts to Mobilize International Support

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

32^nd & 33^rd Meeting (AM & PM)

UNEQUAL BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION, NEED TO IMPLEMENT DEVELOPMENT

FINANCING COMMITMENTS FOCUS OF SECOND COMMITTEE DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

60^th Meeting (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN FOUR ROUNDS OF VOTING, ELECTS 18 MEMBERS

OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE CONTINUES SECURITY ASSESSMENTS IN LIBERIA

NEW YORK, 11 November (OCHA) -- Over the weekend, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Liberia fielded an inter-agency security and protection mission to assess the security situation in Gbarnga and Zorzor prior to United Nations and non-governmental organization intervention in the area.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York for Chile in the evening of Tuesday, 4 November, and arrived the following morning in Santiago, on the first leg of a four-nation visit to Latin America.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CALLING GALAPAGOS SHOWCASE OF INTERDEPENDENCE,

WARNS AGAINST COSTLY INACTION IN FACE OF THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY

     Following is the text of a video message taped by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos National Park, Ecuador, yesterday:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS RIYADH TERRORIST ATTACK

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is horrified by last night's attack against a residential compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that reportedly killed at least 10 innocent people and injured many others.  He condemns this terrorist act in the strongest possible terms.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE

TO HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF UN REFORM AT SANTIAGO ROUND TABLE

Following is the text of remarks by the Secretary-General at a round table on “Renewal of the United Nations and the Global Situation” on Friday, 7 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN VISIT TO HISTORIC GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR,

SAYS CITIES CAN BE MODELS OF DEMOCRACY, DIVERSITY

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon arrival in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Friday 7 November:

Note to Correspondents

UN UNIVERSITY TO LAUNCH KEY REPORTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL

GOVERNANCE AT SEMINAR ON 14 NOVEMBER