OFFICE OF HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE

Anwarul Chowdhury, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS) this morning, jointly with Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General, Department of Public Information, launched the OHRLLS Web site at United Nations Headquarters.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

66^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE

ON MIDDLE EAST SITUATION AND QUESTION OF PALESTINE

Speakers Call for Return to Peace

Negotiations and Israeli Withdrawal from Syrian Golan

SECRETARY-GENERAL INVITES PRESIDENTS OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA TO MEET

FOLLOWING WORLD COURT JUDGMENT ON BORDER DISPUTE

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

The Secretary-General has remained in contact with the Presidents of Cameroon and Nigeria following their meeting in Paris on 5 September, and subsequent to the judgment delivered by the International Court of Justice on

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS AGREEMENT REACHED IN SUDAN

ALLOWING UNIMPEDED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS AGREEMENT REACHED IN SUDAN

ALLOWING UNIMPEDED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS

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

JAMES LEMOYNE APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVISER ON COLOMBIA

The Secretary-General has appointed James LeMoyne as Special Adviser on Colombia.  Mr. LeMoyne had been serving as Acting Special Adviser since January 2002.  The appointment, at the Assistant Secretary-General level, is effective as of 1 November.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS AMINATA S. DJERMAKOYE AS CHIEF OF PROTOCOL

Aminata S. Djermakoye, formerly Chef de Cabinet in the United Nations Office at Geneva, took up her appointment today, 1 November, as Chief of Protocol at United Nations Headquarters.

UNITED NATIONS FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME LAUNCHED

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announces the launching of the United Nations Fulbright Fellowship Programme, created through a partnership with the Institute of International Education, the implementing institution of the Fulbright Programme, and the United Nations Foundation/Better World Fund, which will fund the new Programme.

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for November.

Security Council

CALL FOR ACTION FROM SECURITY COUNCIL ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY

OF RESOLUTION ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY

NEW YORK, 31 October –- Members of the Security Council issued a strong statement to the international community today recognizing the vital role of women in promoting peace, and calling for an increased use of women’s expertise in conflict resolution and all stages of peacemaking and peacebuilding.