SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS PALESTINIAN SUICIDE BOMBING

IN JERUSALEM, SAYS SUCH ATTACKS 'SPUR HATRED AND MISTRUST'

'Scourge of Terrorism' Must Not Be Allowed to Deter Parties

From Pressing Need for Intensive Effort to Bring Peace Between Them

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

ADAPTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE CRITICAL FOR FOOD-INSECURE COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4647^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ASKED TO EXTEND MANDATE OF UN POLITICAL OFFICE

IN BOUGAINVILLE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

UN REPORT TO HEMISPHERIC CONFERENCE ON IMMIGRATION FINDS 20 MILLION

FROM LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN NOW LIVE IN OTHER COUNTRIES

ECLAC Study Says Remittance of Funds Increasingly Important

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

27^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES REAFFIRM THEIR SUPPORT FOR ENHANCED FUNCTIONING

OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES POLITICAL-PRISONER RELEASE WILL ADD MOMENTUM

TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PROCESS IN MYANMAR

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

CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES TO EXAMINE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY, E-GOVERNMENT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

57^th Meeting (AM)

NEED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM

STRESSED, AS THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

Other Texts Condemn Human Rights Violations in Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo

CONFERENCE OF WORLDWIDE PARLIAMENTARIANS HEARS OF URGENCY

OF PROVIDING UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE

UNFPA Executive Director Tells Ottawa Gathering

of High Mortality Rate from Pregnancy-Related Causes

ASIAN GOVERNMENTS LAUNCH ACTION TO TACKLE ‘E-WASTES’

TIANJIN (China), 21 November (UN Information Service) -- Officials from eight Asian governments are meeting here under the auspices of the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal to seek solutions to the growing deluge of electrical and electronic wastes -- popularly known as “e-wastes”.