Press Release

Security Council

4649^th Meeting* (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS CYPRUS MISSION UNTIL 15 JUNE 2003,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1442 (2002)

The Security Council this evening extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), which was to expire on 15 December, until 15 June 2003.

UN STAFF UNION OUTRAGED BY ATTACK ON REFUGEE AGENCY STAFF,

CALLS FOR FULL INVESTIGATION

The United Nations Staff Union and its Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service are outraged by the latest attack on a staff member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

HOLDS DISCUSSION ON RIGHT TO WATER

High Number of People Lacks Access to Drinking Water, Speakers Say

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

60^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES FIVE-PART DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR ACTION

TO COUNTER RACISM AND INTOLERANCE, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

59^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION

TO ELIMINATE EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS

Draft Approval by Vote of 125 in Favour to None against,

With 30 abstentions; Seven Other Votes Held on Particular Paragraphs of Text

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETS ON FRIDAY

TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY

A solemn meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will be held on Friday, 29 November 2002, in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, as mandated by General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

58^th and 59^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AFTER DAY-LONG DEBATE, ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON AID

TO ANGOLA, KAZAKHSTAN, MOZAMBIQUE, TAJIKISTAN AND TIMOR-LESTE

Texts Indicate Strategy of Encouraging Transition from Relief

To Development, Self-Help in Humanitarian Assistance Programmes

On Tuesday afternoon, 19 November, the Secretary-General flew to Belgrade, where he met with Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica.

On the afternoon of 18 November, the Secretary-General and his party arrived, in Pristina, Kosovo, where they were briefed by the Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, Michael Steiner.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES 'CLEAR NEED' FOR INTERNATIONAL

COOPERATION ON REFUGEE, MIGRATION POLICY

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the launch of the Declaration on the Future of Refugee and Migration Policy, The Hague,

22 November: