Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

88^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REITERATES CONDEMNATION OF TERRORISM; ADOPTS 65 RESOLUTIONS

ON SOCIAL, HUMANITARIAN ISSUES, 16 BY RECORDED VOTE

Subjects Include Human Rights, Refugees, Globalization,

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of this morning’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the President of the Security Council, Moctar Ougne (Mali):

Security Council

4439^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES BROAD SUPPORT FOR PROPOSED UN WEST AFRICA OFFICE,

LIBRARIES IN CHINA AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA DESIGNATED

UNITED NATIONSDEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

SWEDISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY DONATES EQUIPMENT TO ENHANCE UN’S

MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DURING HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

38^th Meeting (PM)

DRAFT DECISIONS ON 2002-2003 BUDGET ESTIMATES, POLITICAL MISSIONS

APPROVED BY FIFTH COMMITTEE

NARCOTIC DRUGS COMMISSION APPROVES TWO-YEAR BUDGET

FOR UNITED NATIONS DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME

Kabul Office to Reopen Soon, to Work with New Afghan

Commission for Social Development

Acting as Preparatory Committee for

Second World Assembly on Ageing

9^th Meeting (PM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR AGEING ASSEMBLY APPROVES PARTICIPATION OF 26

NGOS; DECIDES TO HOLD INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING FROM 7 TO 18 JANUARY

The Secretary-General arrived in Stockholm on Wednesday morning, 12 December, where he met with his fellow 2001 Nobel Prize Laureates at the Nobel Foundation.

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS UNITED STATES DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM ABM TREATY

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: