Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CALLED ON TO REDUCE NON-STRATEGIC

NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY DRAFT TEXT APPROVED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Seven Draft Texts Approved, Addressing Among Others,

Mongolian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status, Disarmament and Development

SOCIAL PROGRESS NECESSARY COMPONENT OF DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Dubai Strategy Forum, delivered by Ms. Mervat Tallawy, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in Dubai today:

NEED FOR CODES OF CONDUCT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY, TRANSFER OF PLANT

GENETIC MATERIAL DISCUSSED AT FAO MEETING OF EXPERTS

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY ARMED CONFRONTATION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN

REPUBLIC, CONDEMNS ANY ATTEMPT TO TAKE POWER BY FORCE OF ARMS

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

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

36^th Meeting (PM)

PROGRESS, SETBACKS REPORTED BY PRESIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS

FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, RWANDA

Yugoslav Tribunal May Refer Certain Cases to National Courts;

Rwanda Court Cites Need for Additional Judges, Greater Cooperation from Rwanda

                                                            DSG/SM/176

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS ROLE OF 'CLUB OF MADRID', SHARING

UN GOAL OF SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMOCRACIES

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan (delivered on his behalf by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva) to the General Assembly of the Club of Madrid, meeting today in Madrid:

1267 COMMITTEE ADDS NAME OF AN ENTITY TO ITS LIST

On 25 October 2002, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added the following entity to its list (Al-Qaida section):

Jemaah Islamiyah, the network in South-East Asia (a.k.a. Jema’ah Islamiyah; a.k.a. Jemaah Islamiya; a.k.a. Jemaah Islamiah; a.k.a. Jamaah Islamiyah; a.k.a. Jama’ah Islamiyah), founded by the late Abdullah Sungkar.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

STRENGTHENED MEANS TO KEEP TERRORISTS FROM ACQUIRING MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS

CALLED FOR IN ONE OF NINE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Texts also Address Nuclear Weapon Elimination, Dual-Use Technology,

Middle East Nuclear Proliferation, Multilateralism, Central Asia, among Others

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SHOCK AT TRAGIC DEATH OF UNITED STATES

SENATOR WELLSTONE, PERSONAL FRIEND AND UNITED NATIONS SUPPORTER

This is the text of a statement this afternoon from Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The sudden and tragic death of Senator Paul Wellstone, along with his wife, his daughter and several campaign workers, comes as a personal shock to me.