Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON IMPROVING UN STAFF SECURITY;

SPEAKERS CITE ISSUE’S URGENCY, ENDORSE SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PROPOSALS

‘INTOLERANCE IS TAUGHT AND CAN BE UNTAUGHT’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE TO INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on receiving the Stephen P. Duggan award for international understanding from the Institute for International Education in New York on 27 November:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

67^th Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY SEEKS FURTHER SUPPORT FOR SEA LAW CONVENTION,

EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION OF GLOBAL FISH STOCKS

Delegates Express Concern; Effective Action Needed

If Oceans are to Continue as Source of Food for Humankind

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

66^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WARNED OF DETERIORATION OF MARINE RESOURCES,

OVER-EXPLOITATION OF FISH STOCKS

Speakers in Debate on Oceans and Law of Sea Also Stress

Problems of Piracy, Maritime Robbery, Smuggling of Migrants

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

Among Remaining Goals: Reintegration

Of United States in Global Approach to Climate Change

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

51^st Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES FIVE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, REFUGEES,

DISPLACED PERSONS, MINORITIES, JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION

`YOU MUST PLACE THE INTERESTS OF YOUR PEOPLE FIRST’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS BONN MEETING OF AFGHAN LEADERS

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of Afghan leaders in Bonn today:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

65^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ENDING REVIEW OF UN DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE, SEEKS

HUMANITARIAN AID FOR TAJIKISTAN, HURRICANE-STRICKEN BELIZE

Debate Begins on Issues Related to Oceans, Law of the Sea Convention

Security Council

4429^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH OFFICIALS

OF TRIBUNALS FOR RWANDA, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda might not complete the trials of current detainees before the year 2007 if its present capacity of nine judges remained unchanged, Judge Navanethem Pillay, the Tribunal's President, told the Security Council this morning.

Security Council

4427^th Meeting (AM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MINURSO MANDATE UNTIL 28 FEBRUARY 2002

In a unanimous decision this morning, the Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 28 February 2002.