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:
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-General Kofi Annans statement on receiving the report of the independent inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda:
Action on Third Committee Texts Also Covers Social Development, Drug Control, Refugees, Womens Issues, Human Rights Violations
Other Actions Aimed at Increasing Security of Humanitarian Personnel, Demining Cooperation, Return of Cultural Property; Observer Status Granted to IUCN
Committee Also Approves Drafts on United Nations Common System and Human Resources Management
First Reading of Elements of Crime and Rules of Procedure Completed
