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Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

52^nd Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL COOPERATION AFTER 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS SEEN AS

POSITIVE SIGN BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS

Call for Similar Unity in Face of Other Challenges;

Fourteen More Speakers Heard as Main Debate Continues

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS REVISED INDUSTRIAL POLICIES, DIVERSIFICATION

ARE KEY ELEMENTS IN AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Message to Mark Africa Industrialization Day -– 20 November 2001

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

53^rd Meeting (PM)

AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS VICTORY FOR ITS PEOPLE, GLOBAL COMMUNITY,

AFGHANISTAN’S REPRESENTATIVE TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Assembly Hears 14 More Speakers in General Debate;

UNRWA AWARDED KING HUSSEIN FOUNDATION HUMANITARIAN PRIZE

FOR ITS 'TIRELESS EFFORTS' TO PROMOTE PEACE

(Reissued as received.)

AMMAN, 14 November (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has won the King Hussein Humanitarian Leadership Prize for its 50 years of services to Palestine refugees and its emergency work in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip over the last 13 months.

Security Council

4415^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL SETS UNITED NATIONS COURSE FOR SUPPORTING

NEW GOVERNANCE IN AFGHANISTAN; URGES NO REPRISALS

Resolution 1378, Adopted Unanimously, Anticipates Broad-Based,

Multi-Ethnic Transitional Administration, Leading to New Government

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

SITUATION OF MIGRANTS MORE DIFFICULT SINCE 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD AS HUMAN RIGHTS DEBATE CONTINUES

Committee Hears Rights of Reply from 13 Countries

Responding to Statements Alleging Human Rights Abuses

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

38^th Meeting (AM)

COUNTRIES TO FOCUS ON RESTORATION OF AFGHAN SOCIETY RESPECTING ALL HUMAN RIGHTS,

SPEAKERS TELL THIRD COMMITTEE

General Debate Opens on Human Rights

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

50^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WARNED OF CONTINUING THREAT FROM GLOBAL WARMING,

RISING SEA LEVEL DANGER TO ISLAND NATIONS

As Main Debate Continues, President of Micronesia Says States

Least Responsible for Problem Are on ‘Front-line’ in Facing Consequence

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL NEEDED

TO GET AFGHANISTAN ON PATH TO LASTING PEACE

Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the open meeting of the Security Council on Afghanistan:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE ENDS CURRENT DEBATE ON PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL COURT, TAKES ACTION ON OTHER ISSUES

Texts Approved on Assistance in Law Training, Relations with Host

Country, General Assembly Observer Status for Global Development Institute