IMPLEMENTATION OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MUST BE GIVEN

HIGHER PRIORITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fifth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention, delivered by Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva, today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SPEECH BY US SECRETARY OF STATE AS ‘IMPORTANT

ELABORATION OF PRESIDENT BUSH’S CONSTRUCTIVE REMARKS’ ON MIDDLE EAST

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

GREEK, TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADERS TO MEET 4 DECEMBER; SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES

MEETING WILL MOVE PROCESS FORWARD

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

The Secretary-General is pleased that the Greek Cypriot leader,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TURNING POINT REACHED IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS,

IN MESSAGE ON WORLD AIDS DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World AIDS Day, observed 1 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ORDERLY, PEACEFUL CONDUCT OF KOSOVO ELECTIONS

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON KOSOVO, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA,

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s press statement on Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, by Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica), President of the Security Council:

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on illegal exploitation of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the President of the Security Council, Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica):

SECRETARY-GENERAL, HEADS OF UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES, TO LAUNCH APPEALS

FOR WORLDWIDE VICTIMS OF WAR AND CONFLICT

Consolidated Inter-Agency Effort to Meet Humanitarian Crises

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

18^th Meeting (PM)

PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT’S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO CRISIS DEMONSTRATED

FOLLOWING 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACK, INTERIM HEAD TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

Speakers Stress Need for Parity in Official Languages

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

44^th Meeting (PM)

WORLD’S BURGEONING REFUGEE PROBLEM REFLECTS INADEQUACIES

OF CURRENT PROTECTION SYSTEM, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

The world's burgeoning refugee problem clearly reflected the inadequacies of the current international protection system, several delegations told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, Cultural) this afternoon as its discussions about