GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HAILS TIMELY CONCLUSION OF MAIN SESSION,

LAYS OUT MAIN TASKS, OBJECTIVES THAT LIE AHEAD

Following is the text of the concluding remarks made by Jan Kavan, President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly, today, 20 December:

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HIGHLIGHTS

NEED FOR MULTILATERALISM, ELIMINATION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

STRESSED DURING CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION

Strengthening of United Nations, Poverty Eradication, Sustainable

Development in Face of Globalization, Fight against HIV/AIDS Also Highlighted

As the international community commemorated the tragic events of

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Plenary

79^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES MAIN PART OF FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION;

ADOPTS RESOLUTION PROVIDING SUPPORT, DIRECTION FOR UN REFORM

Text ‘Significant Achievement’, Says Assembly President;

Cooperation with OSCE, HIV-AIDS Follow-up among Other Issues Addressed

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Plenary

78th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS ON ISRAEL NOT TO EXPLOIT NATURAL RESOURCES

IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AS IT ADOPTS SECOND COMMITTEE TEXTS

Also Adopts Headquarters Renovation Plan, with $1.05 Billion Budget,

October 2004 Start Date, One of 48 Texts Recommended by Fifth Committee

Security Council

4676^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED BY MISSION DISPATCHED TO KOSOVO, 13 - 17 DECEMBER;

TOLD SUBSTANTIAL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT NEEDED FOR FORESEEABLE FUTURE

STATEMENT TO PRESS ON IRAQ INSPECTIONS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement on the Iraq inspections made today to the press by Security Council President Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia):

UNITED NATIONS AND SWEDEN AGREE ON MEASURES TO PRESERVE

ARCHIVAL MATERIAL OF DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD

The United Nations and Sweden have entered into an agreement for the restoration, preservation, and archiving of the historical material relating to Dag Hammarskjöld's tenure as United Nations Secretary-General from 1953 to 1961.  The agreement was signed today at a ceremony at United Nations Headquarters in

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Economic and Social Council

Resumed Substantive Session

45^th Meeting (PM)

ADOPTING THEME FOR HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF 2003 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION,

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES ITS WORK FOR YEAR

The Economic and Social Council this afternoon concluded its work for

CENTRAL ASIAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE CONSULTATIVE MEETING

HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 17 DECEMBER

NEW YORK, 18 December (Department of Disarmament Affairs) -- A consultative meeting to promote the early realization of the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone was held at Headquarters on 17 December 2002, sponsored by the Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific of the Department for Disarmament Affairs.