SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL NEEDED

TO GET AFGHANISTAN ON PATH TO LASTING PEACE

Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the open meeting of the Security Council on Afghanistan:

Security Council

4414^th Meeting (AM & PM)

AFGHANISTAN, ONE OF UN'S GREATEST CHALLENGES, AT 'MOST URGENT STAGE',

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT DAY-LONG SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING

Special Representative Outlines Plans for Political Transition;

SIGNING CEREMONIES PAVE WAY FOR TWO TREATIES COMING INTO FORCE

United Nations Legal Instruments on Rights of Child,

Migratory Fish Conservation Reach Required Number of Supporters

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION

AT PALAIS WILSON FROM 12 TO 23 NOVEMBER 2001

Panel Scheduled to Consider Reports

From Ukraine, Benin, Indonesia, Zambia and Israel

(Reissued as received; delayed in transmission.)

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO HOLD

TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION FROM 12 TO 30 NOVEMBER

Committee Scheduled to Consider Efforts

Of Sweden, Colombia, Algeria, France, Croatia and Jamaica

(Reissued as received; delayed in transmission.)

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

SITUATION OF MIGRANTS MORE DIFFICULT SINCE 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD AS HUMAN RIGHTS DEBATE CONTINUES

Committee Hears Rights of Reply from 13 Countries

Responding to Statements Alleging Human Rights Abuses

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

38^th Meeting (AM)

COUNTRIES TO FOCUS ON RESTORATION OF AFGHAN SOCIETY RESPECTING ALL HUMAN RIGHTS,

SPEAKERS TELL THIRD COMMITTEE

General Debate Opens on Human Rights

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE ENDS CURRENT DEBATE ON PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL COURT, TAKES ACTION ON OTHER ISSUES

Texts Approved on Assistance in Law Training, Relations with Host

Country, General Assembly Observer Status for Global Development Institute

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

51^st Meeting (PM)

WHILE FOCUS ON TERRORISM WARRANTED, WORLD’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL,

HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS NEED ATTENTION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

50^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WARNED OF CONTINUING THREAT FROM GLOBAL WARMING,

RISING SEA LEVEL DANGER TO ISLAND NATIONS

As Main Debate Continues, President of Micronesia Says States

Least Responsible for Problem Are on ‘Front-line’ in Facing Consequence