SOC/NAR/849*

12 December 2002

Leading manufacturers and Basel Convention to cooperate on environmentally

sound management of end-of-life mobile phones

(Reissued as received.)

CAMPAIGN TO VACCINATE MILLIONS OF FARM ANIMALS BY YEAR’S END,

AS THREAT OF RABIES LOOMS IN AFGHANISTAN

WATER ISSUES AMONG HIGHEST PRIORITIES OF UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are the remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchetteon the launch of the International Year of Freshwater (2003), New York, 12 December 2002:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO ENSURE CONVENTION

ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS REMAINS HEALTHY, EFFECTIVE

The following is the text of today’s message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, in Geneva:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF UNITED NATIONS

MISSIONS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, PREVLAKA

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on the conclusion of the United Nations missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Prevlaka, New York, 12 December 2002:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS PROGRAMME BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF DRAFT TEXT

ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

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

Security Council

4661st Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES DEEP APPRECIATION FOR EFFORTS LEADING TO SUCCESSFUL

CONCLUSION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MISSION, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

Mandate Expires 31 December 2002; Secretary-General Says

Success Demonstrates Peacekeeping “Can Make an Important Difference”