Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

53^rd Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES EIGHT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,

RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT, GLOBALIZATION, IRAN, SUDAN

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS VIEWS OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES,

LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES, SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

Delegates Continue to Weigh Follow-up to Brussels LDC Conference

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

71^st Meeting (PM)

DESPITE YEAR OF SETBACKS, PATH TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE REMAINS

OPEN, ISRAELI REPRESENTATIVE TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Calls for ‘Dark Forces of Rejection’ To Be Set Aside; Others Stress

Need for End to Israeli Settlement Policies, Occupation of Arab Territories

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

70^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD SOLUTION TO QUESTION OF PALESTINE

REMAINS CRUCIAL TO OVERALL MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT

Israeli Withdrawal from Occupied Lands Said to be Essential;

Appeals Made for End to All Violence, Resumption of Negotiations

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES HEADQUARTERS MEETING FOR WORLD AIDS DAY

This is the text of a statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a town hall-style meeting at Headquarters today in observance of World Aids Day (1 December):

MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES

NATIONS TO ‘REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS CAUSE’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY, APPLAUDS VITAL

CONTRIBUTION OF VOLUNTEERS IN GLOBAL SOCIETY-BULDING

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of International Volunteer Day, 5 December:

‘SOLUTION TO AFGHAN CRISIS MUST COME FROM WOMEN AND MEN OF AFGHANISTAN ITSELF',

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN WASHINGTON ADDRESS

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the National Democratic Institute in Washington, D.C., on 28 November:

‘MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY OFFERS WAY TO PURSUE NATIONAL INTEREST

WHILE MAKING COMMON CAUSE WITH OTHERS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the American Academy of Diplomacy upon receiving the Academy’s “Excellence in Diplomacy” Award in Washington, D.C., on 28 November:

Security Council

4431^st Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS IRAQ ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME FOR SIX MONTHS,

ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1382 (2001) UNANIMOUSLY

Also Adopts List of Material, Effective 30 May,