Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS VIEWS OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES,

LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES, SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

Delegates Continue to Weigh Follow-up to Brussels LDC Conference

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

71^st Meeting (PM)

DESPITE YEAR OF SETBACKS, PATH TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE REMAINS

OPEN, ISRAELI REPRESENTATIVE TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Calls for ‘Dark Forces of Rejection’ To Be Set Aside; Others Stress

Need for End to Israeli Settlement Policies, Occupation of Arab Territories

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

70^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD SOLUTION TO QUESTION OF PALESTINE

REMAINS CRUCIAL TO OVERALL MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT

Israeli Withdrawal from Occupied Lands Said to be Essential;

Appeals Made for End to All Violence, Resumption of Negotiations

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES HEADQUARTERS MEETING FOR WORLD AIDS DAY

This is the text of a statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a town hall-style meeting at Headquarters today in observance of World Aids Day (1 December):

MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES

NATIONS TO ‘REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS CAUSE’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY, APPLAUDS VITAL

CONTRIBUTION OF VOLUNTEERS IN GLOBAL SOCIETY-BULDING

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of International Volunteer Day, 5 December:

‘SOLUTION TO AFGHAN CRISIS MUST COME FROM WOMEN AND MEN OF AFGHANISTAN ITSELF',

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN WASHINGTON ADDRESS

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the National Democratic Institute in Washington, D.C., on 28 November:

‘MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY OFFERS WAY TO PURSUE NATIONAL INTEREST

WHILE MAKING COMMON CAUSE WITH OTHERS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the American Academy of Diplomacy upon receiving the Academy’s “Excellence in Diplomacy” Award in Washington, D.C., on 28 November:

Security Council

4431^st Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS IRAQ ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME FOR SIX MONTHS,

ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1382 (2001) UNANIMOUSLY

Also Adopts List of Material, Effective 30 May,

MITCHELL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD SERVE AS ROAD MAP GUIDING PARTIES

TO NEGOTIATIONS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS IN MESSAGE ON PALESTINE

Following is the statement by General Assembly President Han Seung-soo on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November: