Note No. 5697

WEEK-LONG TREATY-SIGNING EVENT CONCLUDES AT UN HEADQUARTERS

Representatives of 78 Countries Affirm Support

For Terrorism-Related and Other International Legal Instruments

The week-long series of treaty-signings at United Nations Headquarters, mainly of terrorism-related instruments, ended today.

There was a total of 175 treaty actions during the period in respect of

IN OVERVIEW OF GENERAL DEBATE, ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT PRAISES ‘RICH IDEAS,

FAR-REACHING VISIONS PRESENTED BY PARTICIPANTS

Following are the concluding remarks of the President of the General Assembly, Han Seung-Soo (Republic of Korea), at the close of this year’s general debate:

The general debate at the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly has come to an end.  Before closing it, I would like to make some concluding remarks.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

42^nd Meeting (AM)

PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MINORITIES DESERVES PRIORITY ATTENTION,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

57^th Meeting (PM)

TERRORISM MUST BE ADDRESSED IN PARALLEL WITH POVERTY, UNDERDEVELOPMENT,

INEQUALITY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES

Forty-one Heads of State and Government

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

56^th Meeting (AM)

SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES REITERATE CALL

FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY INDEX

As Assembly's General Debate Winds Down, Speakers Agree

Terrorism Is Located in Gap between Affluence and Poverty

PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Eritrea and Ethiopia by Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Council held private meetings with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Eritrea and Ethiopia respectively regarding the peace process.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES OUTCOME OF GLOBAL TRADE TALKS

IN QATAR, FORESEES GAINS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Spirit of Cooperation An Achievement for Multilateralism; Measures

On Trade Barriers, Increased Drug Availability Seen as Positive Factors

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATHS

CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINS, FLOODS IN ALGERIA

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

The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the high number of deaths and the destruction caused by heavy rains and floods that have affected over 4,000 families in the Algiers area.  He extends his condolences to the affected families.

MAJOR-GENERAL MIGUEL ANGEL MORENO APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

IN UNITED NATIONS IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVATION MISSION

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Miguel Angel Moreno of Argentina as Force Commander of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) with effect from 1 December 2001.