Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

31^st Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL TRADE SYSTEM KEEPS DEVELOPING WORLD FROM BENEFITING, DELEGATE

TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE AS TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT DEBATE CONCLUDES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS POST STRUCTURE OF SECRETARIAT

The focus of attention of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning was on the post structure of the Secretariat as the Committee concluded its consideration of a series of reports related to the programme budget for the biennium 2002-2003.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

48^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY, ACTING ON TEXT TO END UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA,

URGES STATES TO REPEAL LAWS WITH ‘EXTRATERRITORIAL’ EFFECTS

Delegates Note Durability of Issue, Majority Supporting

Adoption of Comparable Resolution for Eleventh Year in a Row

FORMER LATIN AMERICAN PRESIDENTS MEET AT UN TODAY

TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN REGION

UNEP IDENTIFIES DEPLETED URANIUM RISKS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO/BANJA LUKA, 11 November (UNEP) -- A team of experts, fielded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has investigated 15 sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina targeted with weapons containing depleted uranium (DU) during the mid-1990s.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES BASIS FOR AGREEMENT TO CYPRUS PARTIES

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

The Secretary-General conveyed today to Mr. Clerides, the Greek Cypriot leader, and to Mr. Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader, a document providing a basis for agreement on a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem.

MUCH MORE EFFORT NEEDED TO CREATE VIOLENCE-FREE ENVIRONMENT

FOR WOMEN, GIRLS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2002:

APPALLED BY LATEST MIDDLE EAST ATTACK, SECRETARY-GENERAL REMAINS CONCERNED

AT ‘BROADER ISSUE’ OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON CYPRUS BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s press statement on Cyprus by the President of the Security Council, Zhang Yishan (China):

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