Press Release

In the evening of Wednesday, 12 November, Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew to Bolivia, where he was met by the Foreign Minister, Juan Ignacio Siles.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

54^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES SEVEN TEXTS, TWO BY RECORDED VOTE, ON HUMAN RIGHTS

QUESTIONS, DISPLACED PERSONS, MINORITIES

Security Council

4869^th Meeting (AM)

MURDER, INTIMIDATION WILL NOT PREVENT EMERGENCE OF DEMOCRATIC IRAQ,

SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD BY COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY

United States, United Kingdom Brief Council, Describe

Agreement Aimed at Transitional National Assembly by June 2004

HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM TO ADDRESS ROLE OF JUDGES

IN PROMOTION, PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Event to Mark Tenth Anniversary of United Nations

World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna Outcome Documents

(Reissued as received.)

LANDMINES, POOR ROADS, HEAVY RAINS HAMPER AID EFFORTS

FOR VICTIMS OF DECADES-LONG ANGOLAN CIVIL WAR

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS WINNERS OF ENVIRONMENT PRIZE FOR COURAGE,

CREATIVITY, WILLINGNESS TO FORGE PARTNERSHIPS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Sasakawa Environment Prize ceremony yesterday, 19 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL UNDERLINES IMPORTANCE OF INTERNAL TRANSPARENCY, INTEGRITY

IN MESSAGE TO TRIPARTITE OVERSIGHT COORDINATION MEETING

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Sixth United Nations Tripartite Oversight Coordination Meeting delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today, 20 November:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT MARKS AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY

WITH CALL FOR REGION’S INTEGRATION INTO GLOBAL ECONOMY

Following is the text of the message by Julian Robert Hunte (Saint Lucia), President of the General Assembly, on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

UNCTAD REPORT SAYS E-COMMERCE STRONG IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, WITH POSITIVE IMPACT;

OTHERS URGED TO SHOW POLITICAL WILL FOR TECHNICAL PROGRESS

(Reissued as received.)

UNCTAD REPORT INDICATES NEW INTERNET APPLICATIONS

GAINING GROUND IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)