PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of the press statement on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo delivered by Security CouncilPresident Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins (Angola): 

MORE THAN 50 HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT TO PARTICIPATE

IN WORLD INFORMATION SUMMIT IN GENEVA, 10 – 12 DECEMBER

Note to Correspondents

ITALIAN PRESIDENT CIAMPI TO ACCEPT FDR INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY

AWARD AT UNITED NATIONS, 17 NOVEMBER

Christopher Reeve Will Salute Italy for Work

On UN Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

41^st & 42^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

REPORTS ON RIGHT TO HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

OF CONGO, BURUNDI, IRAQ DISCUSSED IN SOCIAL COMMITTEE

Draft Resolutions Introduced on Refugee Issues,

Torture, Migrants, Human Rights Conventions, Israeli Children

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

34^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE DELEGATES AGREE ON NEED FOR BETTER MONITORING

OF MONTERREY CONSENSUS IMPLEMENTATION AS DEBATE CONCLUDES

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS BEGINS FOUR-DAY VISIT

TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON PEACE AGREEMENTS TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY, WOMEN’S

PARTICIPATION TAKING PLACE IN OTTAWA, CANADA, 10-13 NOVEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

CITES TRADE CONTROLS TO TAKE EFFECT FOR MAHOGANY

     GENEVA, 11 November (UN Environment Programme) -- Internationally agreed trade regulations for big-leaf mahogany will enter into force on 15 November.  This tropical timber generates over $100 million a year in export sales, making it one of the world's most valuable forest products.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF ADDITIONAL

300 WAR PRISONERS BY FRENTE POLISARIO

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

CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT, MULTILATERALISM FOCUS

OF SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ADDRESS TO NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ECUADOR

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the National Congress of Ecuador in Quito, 10 November:

I am moved and grateful to receive this decoration from you today.  Above all, I am honoured to be addressing this Congress.