UNITED NATIONS PROMOTES ACTION TO PREVENT AND COUNTER TRAFFICKING

IN HUMAN BEINGS FROM NIGERIA INTO ITALY

UN Assists Nigeria and Italy in Signing “Memorandum of Cooperation”

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

32^nd & 33^rd Meeting (AM & PM)

UNEQUAL BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION, NEED TO IMPLEMENT DEVELOPMENT

FINANCING COMMITMENTS FOCUS OF SECOND COMMITTEE DEBATE

Security Council

4856^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES SOMALI LEADERS TO REACH AGREEMENT ON VIABLE GOVERNMENT

THROUGH PLANNED NOVEMBER MEETING IN KENYA

The Security Council this morning urged all Somali leaders to reach agreement on a viable government and a durable solution to the conflict in that country, through a “Leaders Meeting” planned for Kenya in November 2003.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF ADDITIONAL

300 WAR PRISONERS BY FRENTE POLISARIO

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

60^th Meeting (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN FOUR ROUNDS OF VOTING, ELECTS 18 MEMBERS

OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE CONTINUES SECURITY ASSESSMENTS IN LIBERIA

NEW YORK, 11 November (OCHA) -- Over the weekend, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Liberia fielded an inter-agency security and protection mission to assess the security situation in Gbarnga and Zorzor prior to United Nations and non-governmental organization intervention in the area.

EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON PEACE AGREEMENTS TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY, WOMEN’S

PARTICIPATION TAKING PLACE IN OTTAWA, CANADA, 10-13 NOVEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4855^th Meeting* (AM)

HEAD OF SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN REPORTS PROGRESS IN MANY AREAS,

CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT, MULTILATERALISM FOCUS

OF SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ADDRESS TO NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ECUADOR

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the National Congress of Ecuador in Quito, 10 November:

I am moved and grateful to receive this decoration from you today.  Above all, I am honoured to be addressing this Congress.

CITES TRADE CONTROLS TO TAKE EFFECT FOR MAHOGANY

     GENEVA, 11 November (UN Environment Programme) -- Internationally agreed trade regulations for big-leaf mahogany will enter into force on 15 November.  This tropical timber generates over $100 million a year in export sales, making it one of the world's most valuable forest products.