UN REPORT TO HEMISPHERIC CONFERENCE ON IMMIGRATION FINDS 20 MILLION

FROM LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN NOW LIVE IN OTHER COUNTRIES

ECLAC Study Says Remittance of Funds Increasingly Important

CONFERENCE OF WORLDWIDE PARLIAMENTARIANS HEARS OF URGENCY

OF PROVIDING UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE

UNFPA Executive Director Tells Ottawa Gathering

of High Mortality Rate from Pregnancy-Related Causes

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

57^th Meeting (AM)

NEED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM

STRESSED, AS THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

Other Texts Condemn Human Rights Violations in Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

27^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES REAFFIRM THEIR SUPPORT FOR ENHANCED FUNCTIONING

OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

55^th & 56^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES STRONGER LINKS BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS

AND NUMBER OF REGIONAL AND OTHER OUTSIDE GROUPS

Enhanced Cooperation Said to Improve Chances of Progress on Global

Agenda Priorities -– Notably for Peace, Development, Poverty Reduction

ADAPTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE CRITICAL FOR FOOD-INSECURE COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

ASIAN GOVERNMENTS LAUNCH ACTION TO TACKLE ‘E-WASTES’

TIANJIN (China), 21 November (UN Information Service) -- Officials from eight Asian governments are meeting here under the auspices of the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal to seek solutions to the growing deluge of electrical and electronic wastes -- popularly known as “e-wastes”.

CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES TO EXAMINE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY, E-GOVERNMENT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

AFRICA HUNGER CRISIS:  WFP BACKS GLOBAL CAMPAIGN

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 21 November (UN Information Service) -- In response to mounting concern among the general public about the vast hunger crisis gripping the African continent, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the creation of a global campaign to assist more than 38 million victims.

ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY, ASHOK KHOSLA, PRESENTED WITH UNITED NATIONS

ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME PRIZE AT GALA CEREMONY IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, 19 November (UNEP) -- Environmental visionary Ashok Khosla, who has created jobs for thousands of rural and urban poor in India, was presented this evening with the prestigious 2002 United Nations Environment Programme Sasakawa Environment Prize.