Note No. 5769

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Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

60^th and 61^st Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT CALLING ON GOVERNMENTS TO OBSERVE

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VOLUNTEERISM, EMBODYING BASIC VALUES,

IS ‘ULTIMATE EXPRESSION’ OF UNITED NATIONS IDEALS

Comments Mark General Assembly Debate on Outcome of International Year

This is the text of remarks today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a luncheon on the occasion of the General Assembly debate on the outcome of the International Year of Volunteers, 2001:

FEAR OF STIGMA AS BAD AS DISEASE ITSELF, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN WORLD AIDS DAY REMARKS

Following are the remarks made by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at an event to mark World AIDS Day today, 26 November 2002:

I am delighted to see so many prominent people join us for this event to mark World AIDS Day.

UN WORKSHOP FOR LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN NATIONS SEEKS

WIDER COMPLIANCE WITH ARMS PACT REPORTING PROCEDURES

World Aids Day

PM Meeting

STIGMA AFFECTING HIV/AIDS VICTIMS CAN BE AS DETRIMENTAL AS VIRUS ITSELF,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WORLD AIDS DAY MEETING

At Headquarters Town-Hall Meeting, General Assembly President,

Media Figures, AIDS-Affected Victims Speak Out against Discrimination

EDUCATION KEY TO REHABILITATING ARID AREAS OF AFRICA

NAIROBI, 26 November (UNEP) -- A multi-million dollar project to help nomads and communities in three African countries conserve and boost the prospects for native flowers, shrubs and trees has been launched by the United Nations with backing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LAUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL CODE

OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE PROLIFERATION

The following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the launching of the International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation:

The Secretary-General welcomes the launching of the International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation.

Security Council

4650^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS IRAQ’S ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME UNTIL 4 DECEMBER

Resolution 1443 (2002), Adopted Unanimously, Expresses