Fifty-sixth General Assembly                                GA/SPD/228

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

MEDIA COVERAGE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, UN RADIO PROJECT AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED

AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF INFORMATION QUESTIONS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, AT LAUNCH OF ICT TASK FORCE,

STRESSES NEED TO NARROW DIGITAL DIVIDE

Following is the speech by General-Assembly President Han Seung-soo (Republic of Korea) at today’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force launching ceremony:

I am pleased and honoured to be present here today at the inauguration of the ICT Task Force.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

46^th Meeting (PM)

ZAMBIA CALLS ON DONOR COUNTRIES TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR UNHCR,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON REFUGEES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

45^th Meeting (AM)

QUICK ACTION NECESSARY TO ADDRESS NEEDS OF INCREASING NUMBERS

OF REFUGEES, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Delegates Introduce 12 Draft Resolutions

On Refugees, Human Rights, Children’s Rights

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

28^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES IN SECOND COMMITTEE RECOMMEND UPGRADING HABITAT CENTRE, COMMISSION

UN EXPERT GROUP MEETING TO DISCUSS WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, POVERTY ERADICATION

                                                            DEV/2353*

URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT MARINE ENVIRONMENT TO BE REVIEWED

NEXT YEAR AT HIGH-LEVEL MEETING INITIATED BY UNEP

NEW YORK, 19 November (UNEP) -- The negative effects of land-based activities on seas and coasts are growing both in scale and type, and are increasingly damaging the environment, scientists are warning.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH BROWN

TO LEAD EARLY RECOVERY EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday, 16 November:

The Secretary-General has asked the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mark Malloch Brown, immediately to take on the responsibility of leading the early recovery effort in Afghanistan.