Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

CONTINUING CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS,

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX TEXTS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

83^rd and 84^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ASSEMBLY SEEKS OBSERVANCE OF OLYMPIC TRUCE DURING WINTER GAMES

IN SALT LAKE CITY; SPORTING VIRTUES SAID TO MATCH UN IDEALS

Action also Taken on Global Partnerships; Debate Begins on Central

America Situation, Support for Efforts on Behalf of New Democracies

Commission for Social Development

Acting as Preparatory Committee for

Second World Assembly on Ageing

8^th Meeting (AM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SECOND WORLD ASSEMBLY ON AGEING RESUMES

FIRST SESSION; WILL CONSIDER DRAFT ACTION STRATEGY

‘WE CAN LOVE WHAT WE ARE, WITHOUT HATING WHAT – AND WHO – WE ARE NOT,’

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN NOBEL LECTURE

Following is the text of the Nobel Lecture delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Oslo:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

38^th Meeting (PM)

WITHOUT VOTE, SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES FOUR DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

Texts Cover Biodiversity Convention, International Cooperation for

Development, Renewable Energy, Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

34^th Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE COMPLETES DEBATE ON BUDGETS FOR TRIBUNALS FOR RWANDA,

FORMER YUGOSLAVIA; TEMPORARY COMMITMENT AUTHORITY PROPOSED

Concern Expressed at High Level of Requested Appropriations; Draft

Introduced on Financing United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

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Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

81^st Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY SELECTS 5 STATES TO SUBMIT CANDIDATES FOR JOINT INSPECTION UNIT: CHINA,

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, CUBA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES

Also Hears Introduction of Draft Text on Restitution of Cultural Property

Note to Correspondents

LAUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MOUNTAINS TO TAKE PLACE AT HEADQUARTERS

Note to Correspondents

NORTH AMERICAN STUDENTS IN DIALOGUE WITH MEXICO, EGYPT, SIERRA LEONE

DURING DPI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND CULTURE OF PEACE