SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR DETERMINATION TO MAKE PROTECTION

OF CIVILIANS AN INESCAPABLE DUTY FOR ALL PARTIES IN CONFLICT

            Following is the statement delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the meeting of the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict:

                                                            SG/SM/8550/Rev.1*

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

42^nd Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLS FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY

IN REFORM OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE

Approves International Finance and Development Text, Eight Others

Security Council

4660^th Meeting* (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS

IN SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT IS KEY TO SUSTAINABLE PEACE

Practical Action Called for; Human Rights Day Discussion

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES 'DOMINANT CONCEPTS' IN DEVELOPMENT POLICY

AT INTERACTION CEO RETREAT

Following is the speech by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to InterAction's Annual CEO Retreat, Washington, D.C., 9 December:

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of yesterday’s press statement on the Central African Republic and Chad by Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Security Council heard successively the Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, Martin Ziguele, and the Permanent Representative of Chad, Koumtog Laotegguelnodgi.

AT CONCLUSION OF THIRD ROUND OF SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

EXPRESSES HOPE FOR FURTHER PROGRESS TOWARDS LASTING SETTLEMENT

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

UN STAFF UNION AGAIN CALLS FOR FULL INVESTIGATION

OF RECENT KILLINGS OF UNRWA STAFF

This statement was issued today by the United Nations Staff Union:

IF SCIENCE IS TO REACH ITS FULL POTENTIAL FOR PEACE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

WORLD MUST DO MORE TO END CONFLICTS, ADDRESS INEQUALITIES

Following is the speech by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the annual dinner of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, New York,  8 December 2002:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

41^st Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT URGING ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR OFFICE OF HIGH

REPRESENTATIVE FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

It Also Acts on Drafts Regarding UN-Habitat,