GLOBAL COMPACT, SWISS BUSINESS PURSUE PARTNERSHIP

(Reissued as received.)

STATEMENT ON RETURN OF KUWAITI DOCUMENTS ISSUED

BY OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS FUNDAMENTAL TO LIFE BUT EXTREMELY FRAGILE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO GLOBAL MOUNTAIN SUMMIT

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Global Mountain Summit, delivered by Johannes van Ginkel, Rector, United Nations University in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, today:

Security Council

Resumed 4635th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS EMPHASIZE NEED FOR GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN PEACEKEEPING MANDATES,

AS SECURITY COUNCIL RESUMES DEBATE ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY

HR/4625

29 October 2002

UN RIGHTS EXPERT COMPLETES FACT-FINDING MISSION TO MYANMAR

Urges Ruling Council to Allow "Adequate Presence"

Of International Committee of Red Cross in All Conflict Areas

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 28 October (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

16th Meeting (PM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES TRANSFORMED PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

WITH RENEWED FOCUS, CLARITY OF PURPOSE IN STATEMENT TO FOURTH COMMITTEE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

29^th Meeting (PM)

VIEWED NARROWLY AS RIGHT TO SECEDE, SELF-DETERMINATION COULD THREATEN

TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF STATES, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Discussion of Self-Determination, Racism Concludes

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF DISARMAMENT, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

DRAFT TEXTS, AS CHAIRMAN WITHDRAWS MULTILATERALISM DRAFT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly                            GA/AB/3531

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

37^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS NOTE GROWING GLOBAL CONFIDENCE

IN QUALITY OF WORK OF INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Efforts to Increase Efficiency Lauded; President of Court

Says Higher Budget Allowed Staff Increase, Better Spread of Information