SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ALL ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE

IN KOSOVO ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

      The following statement was issued this afternoon by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

GOVERNMENTS CALL FOR STRENGTHENING ANTI-TERRORISM ROLE

OF UN CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION

(Reissued as received.)

IN OVERVIEW OF GENERAL DEBATE, ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT PRAISES ‘RICH IDEAS,

FAR-REACHING VISIONS PRESENTED BY PARTICIPANTS

Following are the concluding remarks of the President of the General Assembly, Han Seung-Soo (Republic of Korea), at the close of this year’s general debate:

The general debate at the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly has come to an end.  Before closing it, I would like to make some concluding remarks.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

42^nd Meeting (AM)

PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MINORITIES DESERVES PRIORITY ATTENTION,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS

PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Eritrea and Ethiopia by Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Council held private meetings with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Eritrea and Ethiopia respectively regarding the peace process.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

57^th Meeting (PM)

TERRORISM MUST BE ADDRESSED IN PARALLEL WITH POVERTY, UNDERDEVELOPMENT,

INEQUALITY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES

Forty-one Heads of State and Government

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

41^st Meeting (AM)

GLOBALIZATION PROCESS SHOULD BE REDIRECTED TO BENEFIT ENTIRE HUMAN FAMILY,

IRAN TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE, AS HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSION CONTINUES

REFUGEE AND PEACE-BUILDING EFFORTS MUST ADDRESS WOMEN’S NEEDS, MEETING STRESSES

(Reissued as received.)

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, 15 November (UNFPA) -— Actions to protect women’s rights and meet their specific needs should become a standard part of any international response in wars and post-conflict situations, an expert meeting agreed here today.

Security Council

4418^th and 4419^th Meetings (PM/Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL SEES NEED TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS

OF SANCTIONS AGAINST REBEL GROUP IN ANGOLA

Presidential Statement, after Debate with 22 Nations Taking

Part, Also Looks to Holding of Elections When Conditions Appropriate

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $892 MILLION