UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL EGELAND LAUDS IMPROVED SECURITY

UN AGENCIES INCREASE AID TO DISPLACED LIBERIANS

NEW YORK, 14 November (OCHA) -– United Nations humanitarian agencies continue a wide range of activities to meet the needs of vulnerable Liberians, especially internally displaced persons.

DECISION ON OZONE-DAMAGING PESTICIDE DEFERRED INTO 2004

Process Continues with Countries Asking for More Time

To Resolve Complexities Surrounding Methyl Bromide Phase Out

NAIROBI, 14 November (UNEP) -- A decision on whether to grant so-called critical use exemptions for methyl bromide, the pesticide and ozone layer depleting chemical, was today deferred to next year.

SECRETARY-GENERAL AWARDED GRAND CROSS OF CONDOR DE LOS ANDES,

SYMBOL OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN BOLIVIA, UNITED NATIONS

Following are the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on being awarded the Grand Cross of the Condor de los Andes in La Paz, Bolivia, on 13 November:

SOMALIA:  CONTINUED DROUGHT SPELLS DISASTER FOR NOMADS

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS FIFTEEN INDIVIDUALS

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 12 November 2003 added the names of the following 15 individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

29. *Name: 1: FARAJ 2: FARJ 3: HASSAN 4: AL SAADI

EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON AFRICA'S DEBT TO TAKE PLACE IN DAKAR

ADDIS ABABA, 14 November (ECA) -- The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is co-hosting with Senegal an Expert Group Meeting on "Solving Africa's External Debt Problem to Finance Development" from 17 to 19 November in Dakar, Senegal.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN LA PAZ ADDRESS, PRAISES BOLIVIAN CONGRESS

FOR ‘DETERMINATION TO MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK’ IN RECENT CRISIS

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Congress of Bolivia in La Paz, 13 November:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

24^th Meeting (AM)*

FOURTH COMMITTEE, ENDING WORK FOR SESSION, REAFFIRMS ROLE OF PALESTINE

REFUGEE AGENCY, CALLS FOR MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUPPORT

Other Texts Approved Seek to Stop Israeli Settlement

Activity, Construction of Separation Wall and Human Rights Violations

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

45^th &46^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE STRESS NEED TO INTEGRATE RESPECT

FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INTO COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGIES

Importance of Development in Relation to Human Rights also Stressed