SECRETARY-GENERAL SEEKS EARLY PROGRESS ON CYPRUS PROBLEM

Steps Discussed for Intensive Efforts by Parties ‘in Next Week or So’

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General met today in The Hague, the Netherlands, with his Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, to take stock of efforts to solve the Cyprus problem.

On Tuesday afternoon, 19 November, the Secretary-General flew to Belgrade, where he met with Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica.

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN ALL ITS FORMS REMAINS MAJOR

UNITED NATIONS PRIORITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December 2002:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAMES OF THREE ENTITIES

TO ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 21 November 2002 the following entities to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

I.BENEVOLENCE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

Employee Identification Number (U.S.) 363823186;

(a.k.a. AL BIR AL DAWALIA);

(a.k.a. BIF);

(a.k.a. BIF-USA);

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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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SADDENED BY DEATH OF UNRWA OFFICIAL IN JENIN,

EXPRESSES CONCERN AT IMPEDED ACCESS FOR AMBULANCE

Notes Earlier Requests to Israel to Allow Treatment of Sick and Injured

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

On the afternoon of 18 November, the Secretary-General and his party arrived, in Pristina, Kosovo, where they were briefed by the Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, Michael Steiner.

Round-up

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES TWENTY-NINTH SESSION

Considered Reports of Spain, Egypt, Estonia, Cyprus and Venezuela

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 November (UN Information Service) -- The Committee against Torture concluded today an autumn two-week session during which it reviewed reports of Spain, Egypt, Estonia, Cyprus and Venezuela on efforts to comply with the Convention against Torture.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED NATIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT

TERRORIST ACQUISITION OF MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS

53 First Committee Texts Adopted; New Russian Federation/United States

Strategic Framework, Nuclear Weapon Elimination among Other Issues Addressed

PRESS STATEMENT ON ANGOLA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Members of the Security Council have agreed to issue the following statement to the press by the President of the Council, Wang Yingfan (China):