UNITED NATIONS DRUG CONTROL AGENCY URGES GREATER HELP

FOR AFGHANS IN FIGHT AGAINST OPIUM CULTIVATION

                                                            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

Security Council

4634^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL IS TOLD PEACE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO NEEDS

SOLUTION OF ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO CONFLICT

Report Received on Illegal Exploitation of Resources; Foreign Minister

Calls for Reparation, Prosecution of Aggressors, Great Lakes Peace Conference

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

PERSISTENT INEQUITIES, NEW FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FEATURE, AS THIRD COMMITTEE

CONTINUES DEBATE ON RACISM AND SELF-DETERMINATION

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER EVENTS UNFOLDING

AT MOSCOW THEATRE, URGES IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General and his delegation arrived in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in early afternoon, where he was met by three Deputy Prime Ministers and the Foreign Minister.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

17^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE MEETS TO HEAR INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT