Security Council

4855^th Meeting* (AM)

HEAD OF SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN REPORTS PROGRESS IN MANY AREAS,

CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT, MULTILATERALISM FOCUS

OF SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ADDRESS TO NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ECUADOR

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the National Congress of Ecuador in Quito, 10 November:

I am moved and grateful to receive this decoration from you today.  Above all, I am honoured to be addressing this Congress.

CITES TRADE CONTROLS TO TAKE EFFECT FOR MAHOGANY

     GENEVA, 11 November (UN Environment Programme) -- Internationally agreed trade regulations for big-leaf mahogany will enter into force on 15 November.  This tropical timber generates over $100 million a year in export sales, making it one of the world's most valuable forest products.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

39^th & 40^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORTS ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS,

TORTURE, HUMAN RIGHTS TO FOOD, FREEDOM OF RELIGION

Draft Resolutions Introduced on Office

Of UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mercenaries

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE POSTPONES ACTION ON FINAL ITEMS OF SESSION

More Time Said to Be Needed for ‘Mediation’ on Draft

Texts on UNRWA, Israeli Practices in Occupied Territories

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS RIYADH TERRORIST ATTACK

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is horrified by last night's attack against a residential compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that reportedly killed at least 10 innocent people and injured many others.  He condemns this terrorist act in the strongest possible terms.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

MORE STREAMLINED, FLEXIBLE BUDGETARY PROCESS NEEDED,

SAY SPEAKERS IN FIFTH COMMITTEE DEBATE

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE

TO HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANCE OF UN REFORM AT SANTIAGO ROUND TABLE

Following is the text of remarks by the Secretary-General at a round table on “Renewal of the United Nations and the Global Situation” on Friday, 7 November:

HEAD OF UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE VISITS NORTHERN UGANDA,

SAYS ‘DEEPLY SHOCKED’ BY ‘WAR AGAINST CHILDREN’

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CALLING GALAPAGOS SHOWCASE OF INTERDEPENDENCE,

WARNS AGAINST COSTLY INACTION IN FACE OF THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY

     Following is the text of a video message taped by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos National Park, Ecuador, yesterday: