TWO UNITED NATIONS PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY EMPLOYEES KILLED

DURING ISRAELI MILITARY ASSAULT IN GAZA

GAZA CITY, 6 December (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has learned that two if its employees have been killed during the Israeli military assault on Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of this morning.

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

TO HOLD FORTY-SIXTH SESSION FROM 10 TO 12 DECEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 6 December (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its forty-sixth session from

10 to 12 December 2002 under the Presidency of Ambassador Sverre Bergh Johansen (Norway).

VOLUNTEERISM’S POTENTIAL IN ATTAINING UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM GOALS

IS ‘UNTAPPED AND UNLIMITED’, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS

Following is the message by Mr. Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly, for the International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, 5 December:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

68^th and 69^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ASSEMBLY, URGING GROUPS IN AFGHANISTAN TO RENOUNCE VIOLENCE AND RESPECT

AUTHORITY, SAYS COUNTRY STILL NEEDS INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE

UN PEACEKEEPERS DEPLOYED IN DILI TO ASSIST IN MAINTAINING ORDER

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

Security Council

4656^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME FOR IRAQ FOR 180 DAYS

Resolution 1447 (2002) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this evening decided that the measures establishing  the “oil-for-food” programme for Iraq would remain in force for a new period of 180 days.  The programme was to expire tonight at 12 o’clock.

Security Council

4655^th Meeting (PM)

COMPLETE PEACE IN BURUNDI REQUIRES FULL SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY,

DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

PRESS STATEMENT ON TIMOR-LESTE BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s press statement on Timor-Leste by the President of the Security Council, Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia):

The Security Council was briefed by Assistant-Secretary-General Hédi Annabi on the events that took place in Dili, Timor-Leste, during the last two days.

Security Council

4654^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS PROHIBITION OF DIRECT, INDIRECT IMPORT

OF ROUGH DIAMONDS FROM SIERRA LEONE UNTIL 5 JUNE 2003

The Security Council decided this morning to extend the prohibition on direct or indirect import of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone for a new period of six months, until 5 June 2003.