GLOBALIZATION UNEASE PUSHES ITS WAY TO TOP OF AGENDA

AT INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GOVERNANCE

ELECTRONIC PLATFORM WILL FACILITATE SOUTH-SOUTH TRADE BETWEEN ASIA, AFRICA

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF MULTILATERALISM

IN ADDRESS TO HARVARD MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2002

Following is the speech by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Harvard Model United Nations 2002 in Boston on 12 December:

Security Council

4664th Meeting (AM)

‘MUCH TO BE PROUD OF’ IN AFGHANISTAN ONE YEAR AFTER BONN AGREEMENT, BUT WORLD

COMMUNITY CANNOT AFFORD COMPLACENCY, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Briefed by Peacekeeping Assistant Secretary-General;

Round-up

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

CONCLUDE THIRD MEETING; WORK APPROVED FOR 2003

Security Council

4665th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT OF LIBERIA, OTHER PARTIES FOR FAILURE

TO COMPLY WITH ARMS EMBARGO, CONTINUATION OF WEAPONS IMPORTS

Security Council

4666^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FORWARDS NAMES OF 23 JUDICIAL NOMINEES

FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Resolution 1449 (2002) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this afternoon forwarded to the General Assembly

23 nominations for positions as permanent judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY LIFTING OF NUCLEAR PROGRAMME FREEZE

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

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

36^th Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE DEFERS ACTION ON DRAFT TEXTS

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon decided to further defer action on all the remaining items on its agenda, to give delegations more time to negotiate.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

74^th Meeting (AM)

STRONGER MEASURES TO PROTECT MARINE ENVIRONMENT FROM TANKER

ACCIDENTS URGED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDS SEA LAW DEBATE

Spain Calls for ‘Polluter Must Pay’ Principle; Texts Adopted on Ocean

Management, Negative Fishing Practices, Cooperation on Migratory Fish Stocks