Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

37^th Meeting (AM)

FOLLOW-UP TO SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN TO BE CONSIDERED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

PLENARY, ACCORDING TO DECISION APPROVED BY SECOND COMMITTEE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

26^th Meeting (PM)

DELEGATES DISCUSS OVEREXPENDITURES, HIGH VACANCY RATES IN RWANDA TRIBUNAL

The Rwanda Tribunal needed to strengthen its control over expenditures to avoid huge overspending, the representative of China told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon as it began its consideration of the financing of the two International Tribunals.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Open-ended Panels

AFGHANISTAN PANEL PINPOINTS NATIONWIDE SECURITY, INSTITUTION-BUILDING, RECONSTRUCTION,

ECONOMIC REVIVAL, OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE AS PERSISTENT AREAS OF CONCERN

UN MESSENGER OF PEACE, MUHAMMAD ALI, ON MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN 17-19 NOVEMBER

Muhammad Ali is undertaking a humanitarian mission to Afghanistan to raise awareness of the humanitarian needs of the people of Afghanistan and the work of the United Nations there.  The Mission is being sponsored by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

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UNEP CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED SPECIES TAKES DECISIONS

ON STRATEGIES FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

SANTIAGO, 15 November (UNEP) -- A two-week conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ends today after adopting decisions that promote wildlife conservation through various strategies involving strict protection, trade regulation and sustainable use.

The Secretary-General travelled to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, 12 November, to accept the International Visionaries Award offered by the United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA) and the Business Council for the United Nations.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS 'DESPICABLE' HEBRON TERRORIST ATTACK

The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General

Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is horrified by the despicable terrorist attack in the

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ‘POSITIVE OUTCOME’ OF FIFTH REVIEW CONFERENCE

OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the positive outcome of the resumed session of the Fifth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, which concluded its work today in Geneva.

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES A PRIORITY

FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL