SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS RALPH BUNCHE, 1950 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER,

CO-AUTHOR OF UNITED NATIONS CHARTER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the exhibit on the life of Ralph Bunche, delivered by S. Iqbal Riza, Chef de Cabinet, New York,

19 November 2002:

Note to Correspondents

WORLD AIDS DAY TO BE OBSERVED AT HEADQUARTERS, 26 NOVEMBER

‘Live and Let Live’ Addresses Issue of Stigma, Discrimination;

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ISSUES TIME-LIMIT RULING FOR CROATIA

IN CASE CONCERNING YUGOSLAVIA AND GENOCIDE CONVENTION

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly -

Third Committee

55^th and 56^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONTINUATION OF OFFICE OF HIGH

COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES THROUGH END OF 2008

Approves 12 Other Draft Resolutions on Human Rights, Refugee

Issues, Including Texts on Cambodia, Sudan, Right to Food, Children’s Rights

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

38^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON CORRUPT PRACTICES AND UPCOMING CONFERENCES ON TRANSIT TRANSPORT COOPERATION, CLIMATE CHANGE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

53^rd & 54^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD OF GROWING IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION

BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND WIDE RANGE OF OUTSIDE BODIES

Delegates Laud Unity of Approach on Promotion of Peace, Economic

Growth, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development, Fight against Terrorism

ENERGY SECURITY CRUCIAL FOR STABILITY OF FINANCIAL

MARKETS -- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

OPEC, European Union, Russia, United States Review Security

Of Energy Supplies at Roundtable of UNECE Committee on Sustainable Energy

(Reissued as received.)

PROGRESS AGAINST RINDERPEST -- LIVESTOCK DISEASE -- THREATENED AS RE-EMERGENCE

OF VIRUS NOTED IN KENYA, SOMALIA

FAO Says Pastoral Ecosystem at Risk, Continued Eradication Efforts Needed

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SECRETARY-GENERAL 'VERY CONCERNED' REGARDING URGENT NEED

TO GET NEGOTIATIONS ON CYPRUS UNDER WAY

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

Last 11 November, when the Secretary-General conveyed to the Cypriot leaders his proposal to bridge the gaps between them and break the deadlock in negotiations, he asked them to convey their reaction to Alvaro de Soto, his Special Adviser, within a week.