PRESS STATEMENT ON ANGOLA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Members of the Security Council have agreed to issue the following statement to the press by the President of the Council, Wang Yingfan (China):

Note to Correspondents

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON VOLUNTEERS TO BE WEBCAST LIVE ON 26 NOVEMBER

Round-up

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES TWENTY-NINTH SESSION

Considered Reports of Spain, Egypt, Estonia, Cyprus and Venezuela

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 November (UN Information Service) -- The Committee against Torture concluded today an autumn two-week session during which it reviewed reports of Spain, Egypt, Estonia, Cyprus and Venezuela on efforts to comply with the Convention against Torture.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

58^th Meeting (AM)

IN SERIES OF VOTES, SOCIAL COMMITTEE DEFEATS EFFORTS TO AMEND TEXTS

ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS

End of Session Postponed; Action Taken on Proposed

Convention To Protect Rights of People with Disabilities

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

57^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED NATIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT

TERRORIST ACQUISITION OF MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS

53 First Committee Texts Adopted; New Russian Federation/United States

Strategic Framework, Nuclear Weapon Elimination among Other Issues Addressed

TERRORISM IS GLOBAL THREAT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, BUT MEASURES

AGAINST IT MUST NOT BE USED TO JUSTIFY HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

University Degree Ceremony Address in Netherlands Calls

For Attack on Root Causes, New Vision of International Security

This is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today upon receiving an honorary degree at Tilburg University in the Netherlands:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS PALESTINIAN SUICIDE BOMBING

IN JERUSALEM, SAYS SUCH ATTACKS 'SPUR HATRED AND MISTRUST'

'Scourge of Terrorism' Must Not Be Allowed to Deter Parties

From Pressing Need for Intensive Effort to Bring Peace Between Them

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTOLS ROLE OF ARTISTS IN GLOBAL STRUGGLE

FOR PEACE, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Message to ‘Arts as Mediator of Tolerance’ Event in New York

This is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on “Arts as a Mediator of Tolerance” delivered at the Guggenheim Museum in New York today by Giandomenico Picco, the Secretary-General’s Personal Representative for the United Nations Dialogue among Civilizations:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES POLITICAL-PRISONER RELEASE WILL ADD MOMENTUM

TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PROCESS IN MYANMAR

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

Security Council

4647^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ASKED TO EXTEND MANDATE OF UN POLITICAL OFFICE

IN BOUGAINVILLE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA