BUENOS AIRES, 2 November (UNFCCC) -- Some 4,000 government officials and other participants attended the opening session today of the Fourth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-4).
BUENOS AIRES, 2 November (UNFCCC) -- Ministers and other senior officials from some 180 governments are meeting here from 2 to 13 November to pave the way for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as required by the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Following is the text of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message welcoming the launching of the "Roll Back Malaria" initiative, in New York today:
Security Council
A. Peter Burleigh (United States) succeeds Sir Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom) as President of the Security Council.
Military Staff Committee
Meetings continued from previous month:
ARUSHA, 29 October (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) -- The joint trial of Clement Kayishema and Obed Ruzindana is close to completion as the Prosecution concluded its closing argument on 27 October and the Defence began its own summation today. The trial is taking place in Trial Chamber 2 (Judges William Sekule, presiding, Yakov Ostrovsky, and Tafazzal H. Khan).
