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GA/9949
07/11/2001
Press Release
GA/9949


Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

39th Meeting (AM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS 34 MEMBERS TO INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION


Representatives, Chosen from All Regions, Will Serve 5-year Terms


In two rounds of secret balloting, the General Assembly this morning elected 34 members of the International Law Commission for a period of 5 years starting on 1 January 2002.  They were elected from a list of 45 candidates.

GA/9948
07/11/2001
Press Release
GA/9948


Fifty-sixth General Assembly

General Committee

5th Meeting (AM)


GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ECOSOC REPORT BE CONSIDERED


DIRECTLY BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY


The General Committee of the General Assemblythis morning recommended to the Assembly that the report of the Economic and Social Council, as a whole, be considered directly in plenary meeting.

DEV/2352
7/11/2001
Press Release
DEV/2352


2001 UN Pledging Conference

for Development Activities

1st Meeting (AM)


ON FIRST DAY OF PLEDGING CONFERENCE, 17 COUNTRIES PLEDGE

CONTRIBUTIONS TO UN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES


Seventeen Member States pledged their contributions to support the development activities of the United Nations system this morning, during the annual United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities.

SC/7197-AFG/161
6/11/2001
Press Release
SC/7197
AFG/161


PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


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


Members of the Security Council met in informal consultations and were briefed by Under-Secretary-General Kenzo Oshima on the situation in and around Afghanistan, including the humanitarian situation.

SAG/96
6/11/2001
Press Release
SAG/96


FAO WARNS OF THREAT FROM FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND CALLS


FOR GLOBAL PLAN TO CONTROL EPIDEMICS


(Reissued as received.)


Rome, 6 November 2001 (FAO) -- Globalisation of trade favours the globalisation of serious epidemics such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.