GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

APPROVES AWARDS OF APPROXIMATELY $182 MILLION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

37^th Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT GENERAL ASSEMBLY IMPLEMENT CAPITAL MASTER PLAN

TO REFURBISH HEADQUARTERS, AS IT APPROVES 22 TEXTS

$1.05 Billion Construction Estimated to Begin in October 2004

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF MULTILATERALISM

IN ADDRESS TO HARVARD MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2002

Following is the speech by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Harvard Model United Nations 2002 in Boston on 12 December:

Round-up

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

CONCLUDE THIRD MEETING; WORK APPROVED FOR 2003

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SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO ENSURE CONVENTION

ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS REMAINS HEALTHY, EFFECTIVE

The following is the text of today’s message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, in Geneva:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS AMENDED PROTOCOL TO PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF MINES,

BOOBY-TRAPS IN MESSAGE TO HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message delivered yesterday to the Fourth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the

Amended Protocol in Geneva:

HIGH-LEVEL COORDINATOR INVITED TO VISIT IRAQ

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF UNITED NATIONS

MISSIONS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, PREVLAKA

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on the conclusion of the United Nations missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Prevlaka, New York, 12 December 2002:

CONVENTION ON TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES IS CRUCIAL

TO QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Sixth Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, delivered on his behalf by Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva, 12 December 2002: