SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS AMINATA S. DJERMAKOYE AS CHIEF OF PROTOCOL

Aminata S. Djermakoye, formerly Chef de Cabinet in the United Nations Office at Geneva, took up her appointment today, 1 November, as Chief of Protocol at United Nations Headquarters.

MINISTERS CALL FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION IN LIMITING EMISSIONS

AND REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Delhi Declaration Links Climate Change to Sustainable Development

NEW DELHI, 1 November -- Ministers and senior officials from some

170 countries have adopted a Delhi Ministerial Declaration on climate change and sustainable development.

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for November.

Security Council

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

40^th and 41^st Meetings (AM & PM)

PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D'IVOIRE BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

This is the text of a press statement today on Côte d'Ivoire by the President of the Security Council, Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon):

Security Council

4641^st Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL STRESSES KEY ROLE WOMEN CAN PLAY

IN PEACEKEEPING, POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S TRIBUTE AT MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR FORMER

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE CYRUS VANCE

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a memorial service in New York on 30 October for former United States Secretary of State Cyrus Vance:

Security Council

4640^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS PROBLEMS OF CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES NEED

COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED, RESOLUTE, CONCERTED APPROACH

Presidential Statement Looks to Stronger Partnership with UN,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS 2002 POVERTY ERADICATION AWARD RECIPIENTS

‘BRING HOPE TO ALL OF US’, PARTICULARLY EARTH’S MOST VULNERABLE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Sixth Annual Poverty Eradication Awards Dinner in New York on 30 October:

It is a pleasure to join you tonight and to congratulate the recipients of this year’s Poverty Eradication Awards.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF DECLARATION

ON SOMALIA RECONCILIATION PROCESS

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