Press Release

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

LIST ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1483 (2003)

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait has designated the public entities listed below pursuant to resolution 1483, paragraphs

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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FOOD-BASED APPROACHES FOR HEALTHIER NUTRITION

IN WEST AFRICA OPENS IN OUAGADOUGOU, 23 NOVEMBER

ROME/OUAGADOUGOU, 21 November (FAO) -- "Food-based approaches for a healthy nutrition in West Africa; the role of food technologists and nutritionists" is the theme of an international workshop to be held from 23 to 28 November in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE OF NEW FINANCIAL APPROACHES

IN ADJUSTING, RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at Institutional Investors Summit on Climate Risk today, 21 November:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE IS TOLD DEPLOYMENT OF UNITED NATIONS

MISSION IN LIBERIA SHOWS IMPROVEMENT OVER PAST

Financing of Efforts in Côte d’Ivoire, Peacekeeping

Operation in Democratic Republic of Congo also Discussed

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS DEDICATION, COURAGE OF VOLUNTEERS

IN MESSAGE TO MARK INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Volunteer Day, 5 December 2003:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RESTRAINT OVER DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS DEATH OF DAVID DACKO,

FIRST PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the death of the former President of the Central African Republic, David Dacko:

EXPERTS GROUP MEETING CONCLUDES THAT AFRICAN EXTERNAL DEBT SHOULD

BE PLACED IN WIDER CONTEXT OF FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN LECTURE ON INTERNATIONAL FLOWS OF HUMANITY,

SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE AT HEART OF MIGRATION POLICIES

He Emphasizes Need for Global Approach to Issue,

Urges Receiving States to Ratify Migrant Workers Convention

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Emma Lazarus Lecture on international flows of humanity, delivered today at Columbia University: