Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

36^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE DELEGATES UNDERSCORE URGENT NEED FOR CONCRETE ACTION

TO PROTECT ECOSYSTEMS AND POPULATIONS IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

50^th and 51^st Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFTS ON INSTRAW, PALESTINIAN CHILDREN;

CONTINUES DEBATE ON REFUGEE ISSUES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

51^st Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, REVIEWING GLOBAL MINE-CLEARANCE EFFORTS, IS TOLD

LINGERING PROBLEM DESTROYS RESOURCES, HAMPERS DEVELOPMENT

Grave Human Toll Continues from Years-old Weapons: ‘Assassins in Hiding’,

Says Lebanon, Among Delegates of 20 Countries Urging Continued Removal Action

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ‘POSITIVE OUTCOME’ OF FIFTH REVIEW CONFERENCE

OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the positive outcome of the resumed session of the Fifth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, which concluded its work today in Geneva.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

12 TEXTS ON PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY, ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, AS IT CONCLUDES WORK FOR CURRENT SESSION

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN FOLLOWING HIS GENEVA MEETING

WITH PRESIDENTS OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA

The following is the text of a communiqué which was read by the Secretary-General following his meetings in Geneva with President Paul Biya of Cameroon and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, on the 10 October 2002 ruling of the International Court of Justice:

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MUST BE HARNESSED TO GLOBAL MISSION OF PEACE, DEVELOPMENT,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HEADQUARTERS SEMINAR

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the third seminar on policy awareness and training in information technology in New York, 15 November:

1267 COMMITTEE APPROVES NEW GUIDELINES

NEW YORK, 15 November (UN Department of Political Affairs) -- On 8 November 2002, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) approved the new guidelines for the conduct of its work.  The new guidelines are based on Security Council resolution 1390 (2002) and on relevant provisions of resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000).

UNEP CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED SPECIES TAKES DECISIONS

ON STRATEGIES FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

SANTIAGO, 15 November (UNEP) -- A two-week conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ends today after adopting decisions that promote wildlife conservation through various strategies involving strict protection, trade regulation and sustainable use.

The Secretary-General travelled to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, 12 November, to accept the International Visionaries Award offered by the United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA) and the Business Council for the United Nations.