Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

57^th & 58^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT,

HUMAN RIGHTS, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

Recorded Votes Taken on Texts Concerning INSTRAW,

Right to Development, UN Role in Promoting Democracy

UNITED NATIONS BODY TO HOLD ASIA-PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

FORUM IN CHENGDU, CHINA, IN MID-DECEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PAKISTAN’S DECISION TO IMPLEMENT UNILATERAL

KASHMIR CEASEFIRE, INDIA’S POSITIVE RESPONSE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR RESTRAINT IN GEORGIA

Following is a statement issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 22 November 2003:

The Secretary-General continues to follow with concern the volatile situation in Georgia.  He reiterates his call to all parties to exercise restraint, and urges them to do everything possible to initiate a viable political dialogue towards a peaceful solution to this crisis. 

INSECURITY, POOR ROADS THWART HUMANITARIAN ACCESS AS CIVILIANS

SUFFER SHORTAGES IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

STATEMENT ON AFRICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF MARKET

ACCESS FOR REGION’S INTEGRATION INTO GLOBAL ECONOMY

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

55^th & 56^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES,

INCLUDING TEXTS ON MIGRANTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Five Recorded Votes Taken Regarding Right to Food,

Peace, Electoral Processes, Impact of Globalization, Turkmenistan

Security Council

4873^rd Meeting (PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER STALEMATE IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

AS WEST AFRICAN OFFICIALS BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL

Militias Must be Disbanded, Disarmed;

Country’s De Facto Partition Must End, He Says

Security Council

4870^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FURTHER EXTENDS MANDATE OF UN FORCE IN CYPRUS

Resolution 1517 (2003) Also Urges Turkish Cypriot Side,

Turkish Forces to Lift Remaining Restrictions on Peacekeepers

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), which was to expire on 15 December at midnight, until 15 June 2004.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

63^rd & 64^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ENSURING SAFETY OF NAVIGATION, PROTECTING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS FOCUS

OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON OCEANS, LAW OF SEA