Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

74^th Meeting (AM)

STRONGER MEASURES TO PROTECT MARINE ENVIRONMENT FROM TANKER

ACCIDENTS URGED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDS SEA LAW DEBATE

Spain Calls for ‘Polluter Must Pay’ Principle; Texts Adopted on Ocean

Management, Negative Fishing Practices, Cooperation on Migratory Fish Stocks

12 December 2002

Leading manufacturers and Basel Convention to cooperate on environmentally

sound management of end-of-life mobile phones

(Reissued as received.)

Launch of the International

Year of Freshwater 2003

FRESHWATER ISSUES AT ‘HEART OF HUMANKIND’S HOPES FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT’,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AT EVENT TO LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL YEAR

WATER ISSUES AMONG HIGHEST PRIORITIES OF UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are the remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchetteon the launch of the International Year of Freshwater (2003), New York, 12 December 2002:

CAMPAIGN TO VACCINATE MILLIONS OF FARM ANIMALS BY YEAR’S END,

AS THREAT OF RABIES LOOMS IN AFGHANISTAN

‘OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES HAS IMPROVED REMARKABLY,’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT LUNCHEON FOR UN FOUNDATION

Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the luncheon honouring Mr. R.E. Turner and the Board of Directors of the United Nations Foundation (UNF) in New York today:

GRAVE CONSEQUENCES AWAIT IF MILLENNIUM GOALS ON WATER, SANITATION GO

UNMET, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR YEAR OF FRESHWATER

Developed Countries Also at Risk from Further

Environmental Damage, Food Insecurity, Instability, He Warns

Following is the text of a message issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today in observance of the International Year of Freshwater (2003):

IN MESSAGE TO FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON REINVENTING GOVERNMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL

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WORLD COMMUNITY MUST RECONCILE ANTI-TERRORISM STRUGGLE WITH RESPECT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

43^rd and 44^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE TEXT CALLS FOR APPLICATION OF ENHANCED INDEBTED COUNTRIES

PLAN, CANCELLATION OF OFFICIAL BILATERAL DEBT

Approves 21 Draft Resolutions, Decisions as it Concludes Session