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FIGHTING IN CENTRAL SOMALIA DISPLACES 1,500 FAMILIES

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY MONITORING BOARD REVIEWS SCOPE OF AUDIT WORK

ON EXPORT SALES OF IRAQI OIL, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, NATURAL GAS

Following is a statement issued today by the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) on Iraq following a meeting in Washington, D.C., on 22 December:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

78^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNDERSCORES NEED FOR SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF DOHA

DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AS IT ACTS ON SECOND COMMITTEE TEXTS

Taking up Reports from Committee’s Session,

Delegates Adopt 37 Draft Resolutions, 7 Draft Decisions

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO HEALTH CONCLUDES VISIT TO MOZAMBIQUE

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 23 December -- Paul Hunt, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the right to health, has concluded a mission to Mozambique that lasted from 15 to 19 December. The mission took place at the invitation of the Government.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

30^th Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES $3.16 BILLION 2004-2005 BUDGET,

AS IT CONCLUDES MAIN PART OF FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION

Acting on all outstanding issues, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoonapproved a 2004-2005 United Nations budget of some $3.16 billion gross and concluded its work for the main part of its fifty-eighth session.

PROTOCOL ON HEAVY METALS ENTERS INTO FORCE, NEW WORK

ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS AGREED

(Reissued as received)

GENEVA, 23 December -- The 19 new Parties to the Protocol on Heavy Metals are to celebrate its entry into force next Monday, 29 December.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DEADLY INCURSION INTO REFUGEE CAMP

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

79^th Meeting (Night)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS $3.16 BILLION 2004-2005 BUDGET, AS IT CONCLUDES

MAIN PART OF FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION

Assembly President Describes ‘Extraordinary’ Session

SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS DEATH OF VETERAN RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBYA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Libya delivered by Security Council President Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria):