CORRECTION
On page 12 of Press Release GA/SHC/3566 issued 18 November, the first complete paragraph should be replaced by:
Committee Takes Up Questions Related To Human Resources Management; Discusses Gratis Personnel
Need To Protect Refugees and Humanitarian Workers Highlighted; Ukraine Appeals for Aid To Deal with Problems of Chernobyl Aftermath
The Secretary-General spent the weekend of 13-14 November in Kyoto, Japan, and departed from there to China on Sunday evening.
The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 15 November:
The Secretary-General is distressed about the attacks against United Nations offices in Afghanistan. He condemns the destruction of United Nations property in several locations in Afghanistan on 14 and 15 November.
Support Can Dry Up with End of Prime-Time Exposure; Journalists Asked to Stay with the Story, beyond Initial Coverage
Address to OSCE Summit Calls Indiscriminate Action 'Immoral' Hurting the Innocent, Enabling Terrorists to Attract More Recruits
Following is the message of Secretary General Kofi Annan delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General Hans Corell, to mark the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law delivered at Headquarters yesterday, 17 November:
