Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

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

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES STRONGER LINKS BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS

AND NUMBER OF REGIONAL AND OTHER OUTSIDE GROUPS

Enhanced Cooperation Said to Improve Chances of Progress on Global

Agenda Priorities -– Notably for Peace, Development, Poverty Reduction

ADAPTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE CRITICAL FOR FOOD-INSECURE COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

ASIAN GOVERNMENTS LAUNCH ACTION TO TACKLE ‘E-WASTES’

TIANJIN (China), 21 November (UN Information Service) -- Officials from eight Asian governments are meeting here under the auspices of the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal to seek solutions to the growing deluge of electrical and electronic wastes -- popularly known as “e-wastes”.

CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES TO EXAMINE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY, E-GOVERNMENT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

AFRICA HUNGER CRISIS:  WFP BACKS GLOBAL CAMPAIGN

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 21 November (UN Information Service) -- In response to mounting concern among the general public about the vast hunger crisis gripping the African continent, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the creation of a global campaign to assist more than 38 million victims.

ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY, ASHOK KHOSLA, PRESENTED WITH UNITED NATIONS

ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME PRIZE AT GALA CEREMONY IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, 19 November (UNEP) -- Environmental visionary Ashok Khosla, who has created jobs for thousands of rural and urban poor in India, was presented this evening with the prestigious 2002 United Nations Environment Programme Sasakawa Environment Prize.

SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS UNITED NATIONS, CROATIAN FALLEN

AT MEMORIAL CEREMONY IN ZAGREB

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks at the memorial ceremony held in Zagreb, Croatia, 20 November:

We are gathered here on this solemn occasion to pay tribute to United Nations personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of peace in the former Yugoslavia.

'NEW CROATIA' WILL BE FACTOR FOR STABILITY IN REGION,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ZAGREB PARLIAMENT

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Croatian Parliament, Zagreb, 20 November:

It is indeed a great honour for me to address this august assembly.

Every national parliament is a special place, because its members provide the indispensable link between national and local concerns.

REGION’S FUTURE DEPENDS ON PARTNERSHIP ENGAGING ‘ALL THE PEOPLE

OF KOSOVO’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Monday’s receptionat the Kosovo Art Gallery, Pristina, 18 November:

I am delighted to be among friends in Kosovo again.

FOLLOWING WEST BANK KILLINGS, SECRETARY-GENERAL AGAIN STRESSES THAT POLITICAL

SETTLEMENT IS ONLY VIABLE SOLUTION TO MIDEAST CONFLICT

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