ITALY RECEIVES FDR INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY AWARD FOR SPEARHEADING EFFORTS

TO IMPROVE LIVES OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Italy was saluted today at the United Nations for spearheading national and international efforts to promote the “equalization” of persons with disabilities, as it received the seventh annual Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

47^th & 48^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DELEGATES STRESS IMPORTANCE OF RESPECT FOR ALL HUMAN RIGHTS –- ECONOMIC, SOCIAL,

CULTURAL, CIVIL, POLITICAL –- AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES GENERAL DISCUSSION

Draft Resolutions Introduced

On Human Rights along with Amendment to Draft on Family

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

35^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING,

COMMODITIES, GLOBALIZATION, NATURAL RESOURCES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

ADEQUATE RESOURCES MUST BE PROVIDED TO ENSURE SUCCESS OF UN

PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS, BUDGET COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Vacancy Rate in Democratic Republic of Congo, Delayed Downsizing

In Timor-Leste Are Noted; Issue of Sexual Exploitation Also Discussed

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

62^nd Meeting* (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS MEMBERS TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW COMMISSION,

COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME AND COORDINATION

Also Adopts Text on UN Support for New Restored Democracies

GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS TO REVIEW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISARMAMENT

AND DEVELOPMENT, 17-21 NOVEMBER

NEW YORK, 17 November (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- A group of governmental experts to undertake a review of the relationship between disarmament and development is holding its first session from 17 to 21 November, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

PAN AFRICAN CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS HOW TO MEET AFRICA'S WATER GOALS

ADDIS ABABA, 17 November (ECA) -- Delegates from about 43 African countries will attend the first Pan African Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water (PANAFCON) in Addis Ababa from 8-13 December 2003, a statement from the UN-Water/Africa Secretariat, based at the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said today.

DECISION ON OZONE-DAMAGING PESTICIDE DEFERRED INTO 2004

Process Continues with Countries Asking for More Time

To Resolve Complexities Surrounding Methyl Bromide Phase Out

NAIROBI, 14 November (UNEP) -- A decision on whether to grant so-called critical use exemptions for methyl bromide, the pesticide and ozone layer depleting chemical, was today deferred to next year.

SECRETARY-GENERAL AWARDED GRAND CROSS OF CONDOR DE LOS ANDES,

SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN BOLIVIA, UNITED NATIONS

Following are the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on being awarded the Grand Cross of the Condor de los Andes in La Paz, Bolivia, on 13 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS IRAN’S DECISION ON ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the recent decision by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to conclude the Additional Protocol, to act in accordance with its provisions until its entry into force, and to suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities.