This is the text of a statement by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), in the plenary debate on Security Council membership and related matters, delivered on 16 December:
Speakers Address Veto Privilege and Expansion of Council Membership
If the permanent members of the Security Council agreed to limit the scope of their privileges, they would be giving a tangible sign of their political will to reform the Council and of their desire to adapt it to present realities, the General Assembly was told this afternoon.
The General Assembly this morning demanded that all parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina facilitate the full implementation of all aspects of the New York Declaration, adopted on 15 November -- in particular, the Principles on the Establishment of a State Border Service -- in a timely manner.
Also Elects New Members to World Food Programme Board, Accounting Standards Expert Group; Considers World Court Advisory Opinion
An updated version of the photo exhibit of the Department of Public Information (DPI) on The United Nations and the Question of Palestine opens today. The updating of the exhibit was mandated by the General Assembly in its resolution 53/41.
Visions of the New Millennium, an exhibit of selected works from around the world by artists, photographers and writers between the ages of six and eighteen, will be inaugurated in the Visitors Lobby on Friday, 17 December, at 3:30 p.m.
Following is the text of Secretary Kofi Annans message for the new millennium:
Today, we celebrate a special New Year with a momentous number: the Year Two Thousand.
Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the open meeting of the Security Council on the United Nations partnership with Africa on 15 December:
