SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY TO HELP FACILITATE MYANMAR TALKS

      The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Mr. Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Yangon from 27 November to 4 December 2001 to help facilitate the talks between the Government and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for democratization and national reconciliation in Myanmar.

Round-Up of Session

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Considered Reports of Ukraine, Benin, Indonesia, Zambia and Israel

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

47^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION URGING SUPPORT

FOR PALESTINIAN QUEST FOR SELF-DETERMINATION

CORRECTION

JAMES LEMOYNE APPOINTED ACTING SPECIAL ADVISER ON COLOMBIA

On 13 November, the Secretary-General announced the appointment of James LeMoyne as Acting Special Adviser on Colombia.  Mr. LeMoyne has been serving as Deputy Special Adviser to Jan Egeland, who, it was recently announced, would leave the United Nations early next year to become Secretary-General of the Norwegian Red Cross.  Mr. LeMoyne will assume this position in January 2002, upon

Security Council

4424^th Meeting (AM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL

ON INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT

UN/USA WORKSHOP IN VIENNA WILL REVIEW APPLICATIONS

OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

21^st and 22^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS, TROOP CONTRIBUTORS NEEDED,

SAY SPEAKERS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE, AS PEACEKEEPING DEBATE CONCLUDES

Thirty-four Speakers Address Issues of Peacekeeping Finance,

Rapid Reaction Capability, Comprehensive Strategy for Conflicts

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

48^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THREE-DAY DEBATE ON REFUGEE-RELATED ISSUES

New York UNHCR Director Says International Community

Must Now Promote Policies of Prevention, Address Root Causes of Displacement

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

47^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION URGING SUPPORT

FOR PALESTINIAN QUEST FOR SELF-DETERMINATION

Committee Approved 9 Other Drafts on Human Rights,

Girl Child, Women, Refugees, Children, Migrants, Torture, Self-Determination

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

28^th Meeting (AM)

FINAL AGREEMENT ELUSIVE, LEGAL COMMITTEE ENDORSES FURTHER WORK

TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION AGAINST TERRORISM

With Needed Political Will, Completion in Near Future

Foreseen; Deferring Other Actions, Committee Ends Work for Session