LANDMARK DECISION ADOPTED BY ESCAP TO EXTEND ASIAN HIGHWAY NETWORK

BANGKOK, 20 November (UN Information Services) -- Delegates from 32 members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) have brought the vision of an efficient, reliable regional transport network to a reality by adopting the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT MARKS AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY

WITH CALL FOR REGION’S INTEGRATION INTO GLOBAL ECONOMY

Following is the text of the message by Julian Robert Hunte (Saint Lucia), President of the General Assembly, on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

52^nd & 53^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 10 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,

SELF-DETERMINATION, ELIMINATION OF RACISM

Recorded Votes Taken on Drafts Concerning Self-Determination,

Right to Health, Coercive Measures, Terrorism, Access to Medication

BUREAU OF PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION

ENDORSING ‘ROAD MAP’ TO SOLUTION OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

On 19 November 2003, the Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued the following statement concerning the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 1515 (2003):

Salil Shetty appointed as Director of Millennium Development Goals Campaign

Security Council

4864^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES INTENTION TO ADDRESS MINE ACTION IN PEACEKEEPING

MANDATES, CITING LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF LANDMINES ON PEACE, SECURITY

Citing the long-term consequences of landmines and unexploded ordnance on peace and security, the Security Council this afternoon expressed its intention to address mine action in the mandates of peacekeeping operations when appropriate.

Security Council

4863^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS CONTINUING EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Presidential Statement Emphasizes Connection

Security Council

4862^nd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ENDORSING ROAD MAP LEADING TOWARDS TWO-STATE

RESOLUTION OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

The Security Council this afternoon endorsed the Middle East Quartet’s Road Map towards a permanent, two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Security Council

4861^st Meeting* (AM)

PERIOD OF INERTIA, EXCUSES, CONDITIONALITY IN MIDDLE EAST PEACEMAKING

MUST END, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

The period of inertia, excuses and conditionality in Middle East peacemaking must end, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Kieran Prendergast, said this morning, as he briefed the Security Council.

SURPRISE RESULTS IN RANKING OF GLOBAL ACCESS TO COMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY; SLOVENIA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA AMONG LEADERS

Findings in International Telecommunication Union Report

Will Be Discussed at Forthcoming World Summit on Information Society