Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

30^th Meeting (PM)

MULTILATERAL APPROACH STILL HIGHLY REGARDED IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE,

SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD, AS IT BEGINS DEBATE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

UNCTAD Secretary-General Warns Trend Towards Bilateral Free

Trade Agreements Could Be Stumbling Block to Multilateral Negotiations

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN TAX MATTERS, ROLE OF TAXATION IN DEVELOPMENT

AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

43^rd and 44^th Meetings (AM & PM)

‘ANYONE DYING FROM HUNGER WAS DYING FROM MURDER’, SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR

TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE, AS DISCUSSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

'DISTURBING' HUMANITARIAN DETERIORATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

FOCUS, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT ON ISRAELI PRACTICES

MUCH MORE EFFORT NEEDED TO CREATE VIOLENCE-FREE ENVIRONMENT

FOR WOMEN, GIRLS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2002:

PRESS STATEMENT ON CYPRUS BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s press statement on Cyprus by the President of the Security Council, Zhang Yishan (China):

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

46^th and 47^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ENDORSING WORK OF IAEA, ASKS IRAQ TO COOPERATE WITH AGENCY’S

REVIEW OF WHETHER NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES HAVE CHANGED SINCE 1998

In Other Action, Further Progress Sought in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Panel Meetings Set on Afghanistan; Debate Begins on Central America

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

24^th Meeting (PM)

DELEGATES DISCUSS PROPOSED CREATION OF ‘SENIOR MANAGEMENT SERVICE’

TO HELP BUILD UN LEADERSHIP CAPACITY

UNEP IDENTIFIES DEPLETED URANIUM RISKS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

SARAJEVO/BANJA LUKA, 11 November (UNEP) -- A team of experts, fielded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has investigated 15 sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina targeted with weapons containing depleted uranium (DU) during the mid-1990s.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES BASIS FOR AGREEMENT TO CYPRUS PARTIES

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

The Secretary-General conveyed today to Mr. Clerides, the Greek Cypriot leader, and to Mr. Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader, a document providing a basis for agreement on a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem.