Following is the text of an address by Theo-Ben Gurirab, President of the General Assembly, to the commemorative meeting marking the end of the United Nations Decade of International Law:
Speakers Address Role of Information in Peacekeeping, Building Information Infrastructure in Developing Countries
AT HEADQUARTERS, 22 NOVEMBER
A panel discussion on ways to enhance international understanding through constructive dialogue among peoples of all cultures and civilizations will take place at Headquarters on 22 November from 3 to 6 p.m. in Conference Room 4.
Secretary-General to Share Panel With Prominent News Anchors
Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered in Beijing today to scholars at the opening of the seminar The United Nations in the Twenty-first Century, sponsored by the United Nations Association of China:
Assembly President Says Developing Countries, Hosts to Large Refugee Communities, Pay Heavy, Unacknowledged Price
Some $195 million was pledged to support the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) this morning, at the UNHCR annual pledging conference.
As the General Assembly met this afternoon to consider the report of the Secretary-General on assistance in mine action, a number of speakers stressed the financial challenge posed by the number of landmines on the worlds surface.
Committee Also Hears Introduction of Texts on Financing Of Development, Trade and Development, Business and Development
Member States would be urged by the General Assembly to sign and ratify an international convention designed to cut off the sources of funding for terrorist activities, according to a draft resolution approved without a vote this morning by the Sixth Committee (Legal).
