SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS LUCIANO PAVAROTTI AS ‘PROTECTOR OF

SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS AND AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL’

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Kennedy Center Tribute to Luciano Pavarotti in Washington D.C. on 2 December:

Tonight, you are rightly honouring Luciano Pavarotti for his lifetime contribution to music and the arts. 

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

32^nd Meeting (AM)

CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION WILL HELP ENSURE SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT, CONVENTION OFFICIAL TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

CORRECTION

On page 8 of Press Release GA/EF/2983 of 28 November, the penultimate paragraph should read:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

31^st Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF UN PENSION FUND EXPENSES,

BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF SEVERAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY DRAFT TEXTS

Security Council

4432^nd Meeting (AM)

TRANSPARENCY, IMPACT OF MINISTERIAL-LEVEL SESSIONS AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED,

AS SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS TO REVIEW WORK DURING NOVEMBER

The Security Council met this morning to review its work for the month of November under the Presidency of Jamaica.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY UPSURGE IN MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE;

CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS, EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

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

Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew to Washington in the morning of 28 November.

‘YOU ARE ALL THE NOBEL LAUREATES,’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO UN STAFF,

IN REMARKS AT STAFF DAY HEADQUARTERS OBSERVANCE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered to a Headquarters observance of Staff Day in New York on 30 November:

It is a pleasure to see you all here on this Staff Day.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

54^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SESSION BY APPROVING DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

IN MYANMAR, AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Decides to Resume Session in 2002 to Consider Racism

Issues; Also Approves Drafts on Terrorism, Women, Disabled Persons

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

53^rd Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES EIGHT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,

RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT, GLOBALIZATION, IRAN, SUDAN

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS VIEWS OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES,

LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES, SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

Delegates Continue to Weigh Follow-up to Brussels LDC Conference