Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

47^th and 48^th Meetings (AM & PM)

BURDEN OF HOSTING REFUGEES, CHRONIC UNHCR BUDGET SHORTAGES HIGHLIGHTED,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON REFUGEES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

IMPLEMENTATION OF MILLENNIUM GOALS WOULD BE BEST NEWS IN CENTURIES FOR POOR

COUNTRIES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL'S EXECUTIVE COORDINATOR

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

33^rd Meeting (AM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED TO LINK TARGETS, TIMETABLES

OF JOHANNESBURG WITH COUNTRY-SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES

Make Agenda 21 Happen, International Community

Urged in Second Committee Debate on Environment, Sustainable Development

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

49^th Meeting (PM)

DELEGATES SAY MOBILIZATION OF TRANSBOUNDARY, TRANSNATIONAL CAPACITIES

CRUCIAL IN WAR AGAINST HIV/AIDS

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FORMER LATIN AMERICAN PRESIDENTS TO ‘HELP

STRENGTHEN THE DEMOCRATIC AGENDA’ THROUGHOUT CONTINENT

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at his meeting with former Latin American Presidents, New York, 12 November:

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to United Nations Headquarters -– or should I say, welcome back to the United Nations.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 12 NOVEMBER 2002

The Secretary-General:  I would like to announce to you this morning the appointment of Catherine Bertini as the new Under-Secretary-General for Management, succeeding Joseph Connor, who will be leaving us after eight years of outstanding service as head of the Department of Management.

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEET WITH PRESIDENTS OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA

ON 15 NOVEMBER IN GENEVA

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

Following his statement on 1 November 2002, the Secretary-General wrote to President Paul Biya of Cameroon and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria on

COOPERATION AMONG UNITED NATIONS BODIES CRUCIAL

FOR SUCCESS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the inauguration of the United Nations House in Turkey, delivered by Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund, in Ankara today:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS CATHERINE BERTINI OF UNITED STATES

AS NEW UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MANAGEMENT

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Catherine Bertini of the United States as the new Under-Secretary-General for Management, succeeding Joseph Connor, effective 1 January 2003.   

Security Council

4645^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMED OF CRITICAL NEED TO FINALIZE ‘ROAD MAP’

TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE MIDDLE EAST PEACE SETTLEMENT