SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LAUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL CODE

OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE PROLIFERATION

The following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the launching of the International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation:

The Secretary-General welcomes the launching of the International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation.

Security Council

4650^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS IRAQ’S ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME UNTIL 4 DECEMBER

Resolution 1443 (2002), Adopted Unanimously, Expresses

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

HOLDS DISCUSSION ON RIGHT TO WATER

High Number of People Lacks Access to Drinking Water, Speakers Say

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

58^th and 59^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AFTER DAY-LONG DEBATE, ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON AID

TO ANGOLA, KAZAKHSTAN, MOZAMBIQUE, TAJIKISTAN AND TIMOR-LESTE

Texts Indicate Strategy of Encouraging Transition from Relief

To Development, Self-Help in Humanitarian Assistance Programmes

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETS ON FRIDAY

TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY

A solemn meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will be held on Friday, 29 November 2002, in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, as mandated by General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

60^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES FIVE-PART DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR ACTION

TO COUNTER RACISM AND INTOLERANCE, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

UN STAFF UNION OUTRAGED BY ATTACK ON REFUGEE AGENCY STAFF,

CALLS FOR FULL INVESTIGATION

The United Nations Staff Union and its Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service are outraged by the latest attack on a staff member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

59^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION

TO ELIMINATE EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS

Draft Approval by Vote of 125 in Favour to None against,

With 30 abstentions; Seven Other Votes Held on Particular Paragraphs of Text

Security Council

4649^th Meeting* (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS CYPRUS MISSION UNTIL 15 JUNE 2003,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1442 (2002)

The Security Council this evening extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), which was to expire on 15 December, until 15 June 2003.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

58^th Meeting (AM)

IN SERIES OF VOTES, SOCIAL COMMITTEE DEFEATS EFFORTS TO AMEND TEXTS

ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS

End of Session Postponed; Action Taken on Proposed

Convention To Protect Rights of People with Disabilities