CONSOLIDATED APPEALS FOR 2003 TO BE LAUNCHED NEXT WEEK

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEET WITH PRESIDENTS OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA

ON 15 NOVEMBER IN GENEVA

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

Following his statement on 1 November 2002, the Secretary-General wrote to President Paul Biya of Cameroon and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria on

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

31^st Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL TRADE SYSTEM KEEPS DEVELOPING WORLD FROM BENEFITING, DELEGATE

TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE AS TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT DEBATE CONCLUDES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

48^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY, ACTING ON TEXT TO END UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA,

URGES STATES TO REPEAL LAWS WITH ‘EXTRATERRITORIAL’ EFFECTS

Delegates Note Durability of Issue, Majority Supporting

Adoption of Comparable Resolution for Eleventh Year in a Row

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FORMER LATIN AMERICAN PRESIDENTS TO ‘HELP

STRENGTHEN THE DEMOCRATIC AGENDA’ THROUGHOUT CONTINENT

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at his meeting with former Latin American Presidents, New York, 12 November:

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to United Nations Headquarters -– or should I say, welcome back to the United Nations.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 12 NOVEMBER 2002

The Secretary-General:  I would like to announce to you this morning the appointment of Catherine Bertini as the new Under-Secretary-General for Management, succeeding Joseph Connor, who will be leaving us after eight years of outstanding service as head of the Department of Management.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS POST STRUCTURE OF SECRETARIAT

The focus of attention of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning was on the post structure of the Secretariat as the Committee concluded its consideration of a series of reports related to the programme budget for the biennium 2002-2003.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

32^nd Meeting (PM)

AMID REVITALIZING PROCESS, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL MOVING AHEAD IN EFFORTS

TO UNITE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

SEMINAR ON POLICY AWARENESS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 15 NOVEMBER

The third and final high-level United Nations seminar for 2002 on “Policy Awareness and Security Issues on Information Technology” is to be held this week.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN TAX MATTERS, ROLE OF TAXATION IN DEVELOPMENT

AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION