Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

70^th Meeting (AM)

LAW OF SEA CONVENTION PRAISED AS MILESTONE FOR RULE OF LAW, UNITED NATIONS,

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY

‘Constitution for the Oceans’ Largely Fulfilled, Says Secretary-General;

Warns of Continued Threat from Depleted Fisheries, Degraded Marine Environment

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES CANDLELIGHT AWARD HONOREES AS ‘VISIONARIES’,

IN REMARKS AT CEREMONY IN NEW YORK

     Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the presentation of the Candlelight Award, given by the Carriage House Center on Global Issues, in

New York, on 6 December:

     The winners of this award are good friends of mine and among the strongest supporters of the United Nations.

REGIONAL SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS NEVER MORE IMPORTANT THAN TODAY, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO EUROPEAN SECURITY ORGANIZATION MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council, delivered by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, in Porto, 6 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘GRAVELY DISTURBED’ BY ISRAELI MILITARY ATTACK IN GAZA STRIP

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

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PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

STUDENT CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT HEADQUARTERS 6 DECEMBER;

VIDEOLINK TO CONNECT 12 SITES, 6 COUNTRIES

TWO UNITED NATIONS PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY EMPLOYEES KILLED

DURING ISRAELI MILITARY ASSAULT IN GAZA

GAZA CITY, 6 December (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has learned that two if its employees have been killed during the Israeli military assault on Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of this morning.

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

TO HOLD FORTY-SIXTH SESSION FROM 10 TO 12 DECEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 6 December (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its forty-sixth session from

10 to 12 December 2002 under the Presidency of Ambassador Sverre Bergh Johansen (Norway).

VOLUNTEERISM’S POTENTIAL IN ATTAINING UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM GOALS

IS ‘UNTAPPED AND UNLIMITED’, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS

Following is the message by Mr. Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly, for the International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, 5 December:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)