ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY, ASHOK KHOSLA, PRESENTED WITH UNITED NATIONS

ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME PRIZE AT GALA CEREMONY IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, 19 November (UNEP) -- Environmental visionary Ashok Khosla, who has created jobs for thousands of rural and urban poor in India, was presented this evening with the prestigious 2002 United Nations Environment Programme Sasakawa Environment Prize.

SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS RALPH BUNCHE, 1950 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER,

CO-AUTHOR OF UNITED NATIONS CHARTER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the exhibit on the life of Ralph Bunche, delivered by S. Iqbal Riza, Chef de Cabinet, New York,

19 November 2002:

REGION’S FUTURE DEPENDS ON PARTNERSHIP ENGAGING ‘ALL THE PEOPLE

OF KOSOVO’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Monday’s receptionat the Kosovo Art Gallery, Pristina, 18 November:

I am delighted to be among friends in Kosovo again.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly -

Third Committee

55^th and 56^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONTINUATION OF OFFICE OF HIGH

COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES THROUGH END OF 2008

Approves 12 Other Draft Resolutions on Human Rights, Refugee

Issues, Including Texts on Cambodia, Sudan, Right to Food, Children’s Rights

ENERGY SECURITY CRUCIAL FOR STABILITY OF FINANCIAL

MARKETS -- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

OPEC, European Union, Russia, United States Review Security

Of Energy Supplies at Roundtable of UNECE Committee on Sustainable Energy

(Reissued as received.)

POVERTY ERADICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ARE ‘MUTUALLY

REINFORCING GOALS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the 2002 United Nations Environment Programme “Sasakawa Environment Prize” ceremony, delivered by S. Iqbal Riza, Under-Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet, New York, 19 November:

IN ‘IPU DAY’ MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES GROWING INTENSITY

OF INTERACTION BETWEEN UNION AND UNITED NATIONS

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the occasion of “IPU DAY”, delivered by Sir Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, today:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

53^rd and 54^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 15 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,

INCLUDING NEW TEXT ON RIGHT TO PEACE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

TO GUARANTEE A BETTER FUTURE FOR CHILDREN

Following is the message by Jan Kavan, President of the fifty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, to mark Universal Children’s Day, 20 November 2002:

MARKING AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

STRESSES ROLE OF NEW INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

The following is the text of a message by Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly, on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day:  New Information and Communication Technologies, tomorrow, 20 November 2002: