SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

TO AIM FOR SWIFT RATIFICATION OF KYOTO PROTOCOL

                                                            SC/7198/Rev.1*

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s presidential statement on Liberia, delivered by M. Patricia Durrant (Jamaica), President of the Security Council:

The members of the Security Council held informal consultations on

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND’S 'STATE OF WORLD POPULATION 2001' REPORT

LINKS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

On 7 November, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will release "The State of World Population 2001" report, "Footprints and Milestones:  Population and Environmental Change".

                                                            Note No. 5693

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

ISRAEL’S CONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION OF SETTLEMENTS CRITICIZED,

AS FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP ISRAELI PRACTICES REPORT

Speakers Say End of Israeli Occupation

Only Acceptable Outcome to Palestinian Struggle

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

32^nd Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR PRIORITY ATTENTION TO INCORPORATING

HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY PROVISIONS INTO DOMESTIC LAW

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

22^nd Meeting (PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE IS WARNED PROPOSAL FOR LATE RESERVATIONS

TO TREATY TERMS COULD JEOPARDIZE EXISTING SYSTEM

Study of State Practice Recommended, as Review

of International Law Commission Report Continues

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)

STAFF REPRESENTATIVES ADDRESS SALARY EQUITY, COMPETITIVENESS

AS BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES UN COMMON SYSTEM DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

39^th 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.