Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

TO HOLD FORTY-SIXTH SESSION FROM 10 TO 12 DECEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 6 December (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its forty-sixth session from

10 to 12 December 2002 under the Presidency of Ambassador Sverre Bergh Johansen (Norway).

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES CANDLELIGHT AWARD HONOREES AS ‘VISIONARIES’,

IN REMARKS AT CEREMONY IN NEW YORK

     Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the presentation of the Candlelight Award, given by the Carriage House Center on Global Issues, in

New York, on 6 December:

     The winners of this award are good friends of mine and among the strongest supporters of the United Nations.

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PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘GRAVELY DISTURBED’ BY ISRAELI MILITARY ATTACK IN GAZA STRIP

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

TWO UNITED NATIONS PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY EMPLOYEES KILLED

DURING ISRAELI MILITARY ASSAULT IN GAZA

GAZA CITY, 6 December (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has learned that two if its employees have been killed during the Israeli military assault on Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of this morning.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

68^th and 69^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ASSEMBLY, URGING GROUPS IN AFGHANISTAN TO RENOUNCE VIOLENCE AND RESPECT

AUTHORITY, SAYS COUNTRY STILL NEEDS INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE

VOLUNTEERISM’S POTENTIAL IN ATTAINING UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM GOALS

IS ‘UNTAPPED AND UNLIMITED’, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS

Following is the message by Mr. Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly, for the International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, 5 December:

REGIONAL SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS NEVER MORE IMPORTANT THAN TODAY, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO EUROPEAN SECURITY ORGANIZATION MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council, delivered by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, in Porto, 6 December:

Ad Hoc Committee for Voluntary

Contributions to UNRWA

Meeting (AM)

DONOR COUNTRIES PLEDGE $47.53 MILLION FOR UNRWA'S REGULAR BUDGET FOR 2003

AT MEETING OF AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS