Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

62^nd Meeting (AM)

STRENGTHENED, MORE EFFICIENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CITED,

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY TAKES UP COUNCIL'S 2002 REPORT

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was strengthening its role and making its work more efficient, its President, Ivan Šimonović (Croatia), told the General Assembly this morning, as it discussed the Council’s report for 2002.

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS FILM, EXHIBIT ON AIDS PANDEMIC,

SAYS THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING OF PROBLEM

This is the text of remarks in New York yesterday (26 November 2002) by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette, to introduce the Rory Kennedy film and exhibition entitled ”Pandemic:  Imaging AIDS”:

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is this afternoon’s press statement on the Central African Republic by Wang Yingfan (China), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from Assistant Secretary-General [Tuliameni] Kalomoh on the situation in the Central African Republic on  26 November 2002.

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIABY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is this afternoon’s press statement on Liberia by Wang Yingfan (China), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Council held informal consultations on 25 November 2002 pursuant to paragraph 20 of resolution 1408 (2002), under which the Council decided that it would conduct six monthly reviews of the measures established against Liberia.

UN YEARBOOK FOR 2000, OUT SOON, OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW

OF ACTIVITIES OF WORLD ORGANIZATION

                                                            Note No. 5769

                                                                  AIDS/48

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

60^th and 61^st Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT CALLING ON GOVERNMENTS TO OBSERVE

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VOLUNTEERISM, EMBODYING BASIC VALUES,

IS ‘ULTIMATE EXPRESSION’ OF UNITED NATIONS IDEALS

Comments Mark General Assembly Debate on Outcome of International Year

This is the text of remarks today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a luncheon on the occasion of the General Assembly debate on the outcome of the International Year of Volunteers, 2001:

FEAR OF STIGMA AS BAD AS DISEASE ITSELF, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN WORLD AIDS DAY REMARKS

Following are the remarks made by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at an event to mark World AIDS Day today, 26 November 2002:

I am delighted to see so many prominent people join us for this event to mark World AIDS Day.