IDEA OF OCEANS AS COMMON HERITAGE IMPLIES SHARED RESPONSIBILITY

FOR THEIR PROTECTION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS

Following is the text of remarks by Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the General Assembly, at the Assembly’s commemoration of the 20^th Anniversary of the Opening for Signature of the Convention of the Law of the Sea today:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

41^st Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT URGING ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR OFFICE OF HIGH

REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

It Also Acts on Drafts Regarding UN-Habitat,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

31^st Meeting (PM)

PROPOSED UN BUDGET FOR 2004-2005 TO REACH $2.9 BILLION,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Information Panel 2

 on Law of the Sea (PM)                       

URGENT ACTION NEEDED ON DETERIORATION OF OCEANS,

PANEL ON SEA LAW CONVENTION IS TOLD

Delegate Cites Accidental Oil Spills, Other Dangerous

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Informal Panel 1

 on Law of the Sea (PM)

IMPORTANCE OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, ESTABLISHMENT OF MARITIME BOUNDARIES

HIGHLIGHTED IN PANEL DISCUSSION ON LAW OF SEA

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

70^th Meeting (AM)

LAW OF SEA CONVENTION PRAISED AS MILESTONE FOR RULE OF LAW, UNITED NATIONS,

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY

‘Constitution for the Oceans’ Largely Fulfilled, Says Secretary-General;

Warns of Continued Threat from Depleted Fisheries, Degraded Marine Environment

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES CANDLELIGHT AWARD HONOREES AS ‘VISIONARIES’,

IN REMARKS AT CEREMONY IN NEW YORK

     Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the presentation of the Candlelight Award, given by the Carriage House Center on Global Issues, in

New York, on 6 December:

     The winners of this award are good friends of mine and among the strongest supporters of the United Nations.

REGIONAL SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS NEVER MORE IMPORTANT THAN TODAY, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO EUROPEAN SECURITY ORGANIZATION MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council, delivered by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, in Porto, 6 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘GRAVELY DISTURBED’ BY ISRAELI MILITARY ATTACK IN GAZA STRIP

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

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PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT