EXISTING LAWS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS DANGER POSED TO ENVIRONMENT BY CONFLICT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for Preventing Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, 6 November:

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI

Following is the press statement on Burundi delivered today by Security Council President Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins (Angola):

The members of the Security Council,

HIGHLIGHTS OF FAO FOOD OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER 2003

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 6 November (FAO) -- A preview of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) food outlook for November 2003 in English only has been issued for immediate use on FAO's Web site at 12:00 PM CET today, Thursday, 6 November.

The food outlook URL is:  http://www.fao.org/giews/english/fo/fotoc.htm.

Note to Correspondents

UN SPECIAL ENVOY TO LAUNCH ART EXHIBIT ON IMPACT

OF CONFLICT ON CHILDREN ON 6 NOVEMBER

Background Release

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD THIRTY-FIRST SESSION

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS FROM 10 TO 21 NOVEMBER

Experts Scheduled to Consider Reports

From Colombia, Morocco, Latvia, Lithuania, Yemen and Cameroon

(Reissued as received.)

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO HOLD

THIRTY-FIRST SESSION FROM 10 TO 28 NOVEMBER

Will Consider Reports of Republic of Moldova, Yemen,

Guatemala, Russian Federation and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS CONDEMN ISRAEL’S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, CALL

FOR INTERNATIONAL DISENGAGEMENT FORCE, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

34^th & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SOCIAL COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON YOUTH, WOMEN, PALESTINIAN CHILDREN;

BEGINS DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE, ENDING SESSION, RECOMMENDS THAT GENERAL ASSEMBLY

DEFER FOR TWO YEARS CONSIDERATION OF HUMAN CLONING

Action on Pending Drafts Not Taken; Texts Approved on Effects of Sanctions

On Third States, Backlog of Two Publications, International Law Commission Report

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

27^th & 28^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DELEGATES IN SECOND COMMITTEE UNDERSCORE NEED TO BOOST FUNDING FOR UN-HABITAT,

IMPLEMENT PROGRAMME FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Committee Tackles Two Topics, Concludes International Trade and Development Debate