Security Council

4418^th and 4419^th Meetings (PM/Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL SEES NEED TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS

OF SANCTIONS AGAINST REBEL GROUP IN ANGOLA

Presidential Statement, after Debate with 22 Nations Taking

Part, Also Looks to Holding of Elections When Conditions Appropriate

Security Council

4417^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, COMMENDS NELSON MANDELA’S

‘UNWAVERING COMMITMENT’ TO RECONCILIATION IN BURUNDI

Also Calls for Halt to Hostilities, Support for Transitional Government

REFUGEE AND PEACE-BUILDING EFFORTS MUST ADDRESS WOMEN’S NEEDS, MEETING STRESSES

(Reissued as received.)

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, 15 November (UNFPA) -— Actions to protect women’s rights and meet their specific needs should become a standard part of any international response in wars and post-conflict situations, an expert meeting agreed here today.

                                                            L/2988*

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $892 MILLION

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

41^st Meeting (AM)

GLOBALIZATION PROCESS SHOULD BE REDIRECTED TO BENEFIT ENTIRE HUMAN FAMILY,

IRAN TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE, AS HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSION CONTINUES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

55^th Meeting (PM)

MALNUTRITION, HIV/AIDS, TRADE ACCESS, DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG ISSUES RAISED

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES SIXTH DAY OF GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

54^th Meeting (AM)

ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, NON-MILITARY PALESTINIAN STATE ‘THE BEST BET’,

ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS ASSEMBLY

Different Views Offered on Use of Sanctions,

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

General Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY’S GENERAL COMMITTEE DECIDES TO REFER ITEM ON COOPERATION

WITH INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION TO LEGAL COMMITTEE

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PHILIPPINES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The new Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations, Alfonso Tiaoqui Yuchengco, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.