General Committee

Fifty-sixth Session

4^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL ITEM, ‘UNITED NATIONS YEAR

FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE, 2002’ ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S AGENDA

The General Committee this morning recommended that an additional item, entitled "United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, 2002", be included in the agenda for the current General Assembly session.

                                                            DSG/SM/143/Rev.1*

‘WE MUST DO MUCH BETTER TO BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR’, SAYS

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS AT QUEENS UNIVERSITY

Following is the text of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette upon receiving an honorary degree from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS WINNERS OF ‘UN 21 AWARDS, 2000’, PRESENTED

TO STAFF MEMBERS WHO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF ORGANIZATION

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at the ceremony in honour of the UN 21 Awards 2000 recipients:

                                                            SC/7188/Rev.1*

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON MIDDLE EAST

Following is the text of a statement this evening by the President of the Security Council, Richard Ryan (Ireland), on the situation in the Middle East:

Members of the Security Council met today to discuss the situation in the Middle East.  Members were deeply concerned by the escalation in violence and deplored the loss of life on both sides.

Security Council

4394^th (Resumed) Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONCLUDES DISCUSSION ON SANCTIONS-RELATED ISSUES;

WIDE SUPPORT EXPRESSED FOR ONGOING REVIEW PROCESS

Security Council

4395^th and 4396^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS FURTHER PHASE FOR UNITED NATIONS

MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

CORRECTION

On page 11 of Press Release SC/7186 of 24 October, the name of the representative of Bangladesh should read RUHUL AMIN.

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Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASKED TO REVISE, ENLARGE MEMBERSHIP

OF UN COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

Fourth Committee, Making Proposal, Also Endorses

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

15^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS URGE COORDINATION OF UN OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

STRATEGIES, AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE