Following is the text of a statement made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday in Freetown to staff of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL):
The Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations this afternoon concluded its extraordinary session, adopting a series of proposals, recommendations and conclusions on the recommendations of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations. The extraordinary session began on 30 October.
In a short meeting this morning, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) continued its consideration of the financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and took up some organizational matters.
Also Condemns All Doctrines Based on Assumption of Racial Superiority
Donor countries pledged $38.5 million for the 2001 regular budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), as well as $22 million for an emergency appeal launched 8 November, as the General Assemblys Ad Hoc Committee for Voluntary Contributions to UNRWA met this morning.
Address to Washington, D.C. Group Cites Globalization, Conflict, HIV/AIDS, Environmental Constraints as Challenge of Appalling Dimensions
This is the text of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette today to the Society for International Development in Washington, D.C.:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:
Message for International Day Notes New Challenges Involving Children, Sexual Exploitation, Migrant Workers, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking
On 30 November, the Secretary-General appointed Amara Essy, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire and President of the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly, as his Special Envoy to the Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo.
