Press Release

Security Council

4872^nd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING

COMMITTEE TO TRACK FINANCIAL ASSETS REMOVED FROM IRAQ

The Security Council decided this afternoon to establish a Committee that would continue to track financial assets removed from Iraq by persons connected to Saddam Hussein.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING AN ISSUE OF GROWING CONCERN IN LATIN AMERICA

Concerted Action Called for at Regional Conference in Colombia

Security Council

4871^st Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL IS TOLD PROBLEMS OF CENTRAL AFRICAN SUBREGION

NEED COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED CROSS-BORDER APPROACH

Options Reviewed in Debate on Report of Economic Assessment

Mission; Secretary-General Proposes Appointment of Special Envoy

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY APPROVES $224 MILLION IN GRANTS

FOR 19 PROJECTS TO IMPROVE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

(Reissued as received.)

WORLD SHOULD PROMOTE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SAYS UNFPA

(Reissued as received.)

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO MEET ON 1 DECEMBER

TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY

A solemn meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will be held on Monday, 1 December 2003, in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, as mandated by General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP 2004-2005 BUDGETS FOR RWANDA, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TRIBUNALS

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME APPLAUDS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST

ASIAN NATIONS ON FIRE HAZE AGREEMENT

Legal Initiative in Force Following Thailand’s Ratification

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SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS COTE D’IVOIRE ‘COULD SLIP BACK INTO CONFLICT’

IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the meeting of the Security Councilwith the Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Côte d’Ivoire at Headquarters, 24 November:

UNITED NATIONS BODY TO HOLD ASIA-PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

FORUM IN CHENGDU, CHINA, IN MID-DECEMBER

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