Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

53^rd and 54^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 15 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,

INCLUDING NEW TEXT ON RIGHT TO PEACE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

52^nd Meeting (AM)

ENDORSING UNCITRAL REPORT, GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENDS CONCILIATION IN TRADE

RELATIONS, STRONGER ENFORCEMENT OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS

Also, Decisions on Cloning, World Criminal Court:  Texts among 21 Adopted

From Legal Committee; Plans Confirmed to Mark Law of Sea Convention Anniversary

LAUNCHING CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEALS 2003, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

RELIEF CAN MAKE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE, DEATH

                The following statement was issued today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the launch of the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for 2003, Bern, Switzerland, 19 November:

AFRICA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH INSUFFICIENT TO MEET POVERTY

REDUCTION GOALS, BRUSSELS MEETING CONCLUDES

(Reissued as received.)

BRUSSELS, 19 November (ECA) -- Africa will not reach the 7 per cent growth

rate necessary to meet the Millennium Development Goal of reducing poverty

by half by 2015, so alternative options have to be found to tackle poverty.

This is one of the key conclusions of the second meeting of the African

ONLINE PUBLISHING COULD REVOLUTIONIZE INFORMATION PRODUCTION,

DISTRIBUTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

GOOD PROSPECTS FOR IT INDUSTRY IN 2003, PREDICTS UNCTAD

Developing World Looks to E-business for Growth

(Reissued as received.)

OPPORTUNITIES RISING FOR WOMEN IN E-COMMERCE, BUT GLASS

CEILING REMAINS TO BE BROKEN

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 18 November (UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)) --

The Secretary-General arrived in Sarajevo from Geneva at midday on Sunday, 17 November, and had a working lunch with the heads of the principal international organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the Office of the High Representative, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) and the United Nations.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Geneva on Thursday, 14 November, where on the following day he held a series of meetings with President Paul Biya of Cameroon and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria to discuss follow-up to the World Court decision regarding the border dispute between the two countries over the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula.

INTERDEPENDENT WORLD REQUIRES UNIVERSAL INCLUSIVE 'INFORMATION SOCIETY'

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD TELEVISION DAY MESSAGE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on World Television Day, which is observed on 21 November: