SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS UNITED NATIONS LAW OF SEA CONVENTION

'GREAT ACHIEVEMENT' IN WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY, INSECURITY

General Assembly Meeting to Mark 20^th Anniversary Is Told

Ratification by All States Would Strengthen Effectiveness of Treaty

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,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

70^th Meeting (AM)

LAW OF SEA CONVENTION PRAISED AS MILESTONE FOR RULE OF LAW, UNITED NATIONS,

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY

‘Constitution for the Oceans’ Largely Fulfilled, Says Secretary-General;

Warns of Continued Threat from Depleted Fisheries, Degraded Marine Environment

REGIONAL SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS NEVER MORE IMPORTANT THAN TODAY, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO EUROPEAN SECURITY ORGANIZATION MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council, delivered by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, in Porto, 6 December:

STUDENT CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT HEADQUARTERS 6 DECEMBER;

VIDEOLINK TO CONNECT 12 SITES, 6 COUNTRIES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

TO HOLD FORTY-SIXTH SESSION FROM 10 TO 12 DECEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 6 December (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its forty-sixth session from

10 to 12 December 2002 under the Presidency of Ambassador Sverre Bergh Johansen (Norway).