Committee on NGOs

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

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL

POSITIVE SIGNS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

The economy of Latin America and the Caribbean grew 1.5 per cent in 2003 and for 2004 is forecast to grow 3.5 per cent, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) stated today.  This is an improvement over 2002, when gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.4 per cent.

RIGHTS EXPERT SAYS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION LARGELY NEGLECTED

AT WORLD INFORMATION SUMMIT

The following statement was issued today by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights:

DISCOVER UN AND HAVE FUN!  CD-ROM FOR YOUNGSTERS FROM 6 TO 96 YEARS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 17 December (UNECE) -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) this week releases a CD-ROM featuring three interactive games that permit the young -- and the not so young -- to discover the United Nations and the UNECE, and to test their knowledge of sustainable development.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RENEWED DIALOGUE, RELEASE

OF KIDNAPPED CIVILIANS IN COLOMBIA

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the situation in Colombia:

ASIA AND PACIFIC MEETING ON PALESTINE CONCLUDES WITH FINAL DOCUMENT

WELCOMING SECURITY COUNCIL ENDORSEMENT OF ROAD MAP

Experts in Concluding Session Discuss Support

In Asia for Inalienable Rights of Palestinian People

Security Council

4886^th Meeting (AM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON KOSOVO,

UN SEES GROWING ECONOMIC INFLUENCE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, STRONGER

INTER-COOPERATION ON OCCASION OF G-77 MEETING IN MARRAKESH

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

75^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS ON ALL STATES TO ENSURE SAFETY,

SECURITY OF UN, OTHER HUMANITARIAN WORKERS

Adopts 15 Texts on Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance;

Assistance to Palestinians; Situations in Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, Timor-Leste

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

40^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE, CONCLUDING SESSION, APPROVES TEXT URGING GREATER

EFFORTS FOR CONCLUSION OF DOHA TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

Delegates Also Approve Drafts on External Debt,

Small Island States, Financing for Development, Biodiversity