Security Council

4433^rd Meeting (AM)

PEACEKEEPING ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL

ON PROGRESS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MISSION

Secretary-General’s Report Suggests Follow-up

Mission After 2002 Should Be Regional Responsibility

‘MAGNIFICENT CONTRIBUTION’ OF VOLUNTEERS IN ADVANCING UN IDEALS

CITED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS AT HEADQUARTERS EVENT

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the special event to mark the close of the International Year of Volunteers 2001 at Headquarters 5 December:

One year ago, I had the pleasure of taking part in the opening ceremony of the International Year of Volunteers.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘WARMLY WELCOMES’ SIGNING

OF ‘PROVISIONAL ARRANGMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN’

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN AGREEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The following statement on the Afghanistan agreement was issued today to the press by the President of the Security Council, Moctar Ouane (Mali):

The Security Council, in the presence of the Secretary-General, heard a briefing by Sir Kieran Prendergast on the agreement concluded today in Bonn on the interim Government in Afghanistan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST,

URGES ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS TO LIVE UP TO EARLIER COMMITMENTS

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

TRUE AFGHAN PEACE NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT RESTORATION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BRUSSELS SUMMIT

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Afghan Women’s Summit for Democracy, being held in Brussels 4 to 5 December, delivered today on his behalf by Angela King, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED AT AGREEMENT TO START

DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS BY PARTIES IN CYPRUS

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

The Secretary-General is very pleased at the agreement reached today by Mr. Clerides and Mr. Denktash to start direct negotiations in mid-January 2002, at his invitation.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

32^nd Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE INFORMAL DISCUSSION OF 2002-2003 BUDGET,

STAFF PENSIONS, HONORARIA, ECOSOC AND DISARMAMENT-RELATED MATTERS

ISMAT KITTANI’S DEATH DEEP LOSS TO UNITED NATIONS FAMILY

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT NEW YORK MEMORIAL SERVICE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the memorial service for Ismat Kittani in New York on 4 December:

PARLIAMENTARIANS ‘CAN HELP NATIONS RISE ABOVE DIFFERENCES

AND WORK TOGETHER’ SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today to parliamentarians attending the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly:

I am delighted to welcome you to United Nations Headquarters.