‘THIS GENERATION OF AFGHAN CHILDREN MUST BECOME HARBINGERS OF PEACE’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting today on children and armed conflict:

Security Council

4422^nd and 4423^rd Meetings* (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL REQUESTS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO LIST PARTIES

TO ARMED CONFLICT THAT RECRUIT OR USE CHILDREN

Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution 1379 (2001);

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, AT LAUNCH OF ICT TASK FORCE,

STRESSES NEED TO NARROW DIGITAL DIVIDE

Following is the speech by General-Assembly President Han Seung-soo (Republic of Korea) at today’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force launching ceremony:

I am pleased and honoured to be present here today at the inauguration of the ICT Task Force.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

58^th Meeting (AM)

PLEDGES MADE AT 2000 MILLENNIUM SUMMIT MUST BE TRANSFORMED INTO REALITY,

SPEAKERS STRESS, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONSIDERS SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP

Takes Up ‘Road Map’ to Millennium Declaration Implementation

URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT MARINE ENVIRONMENT TO BE REVIEWED

NEXT YEAR AT HIGH-LEVEL MEETING INITIATED BY UNEP

NEW YORK, 19 November (UNEP) -- The negative effects of land-based activities on seas and coasts are growing both in scale and type, and are increasingly damaging the environment, scientists are warning.

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on illegal exploitation of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the President of the Security Council, Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica):

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

28^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE REQUESTS RESUBMISSION OF INFORMATION ACTION PLAN

AT NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION

Committee Approves Eight Draft Resolutions, Three

Draft Decisions on Issues including Joint Inspection Unit, Development Account

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) approved a total of

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Third Committee

43^rd Meeting (AM)

REFUGEES VICTIMS OF TERRORISM, NOT ITS PERPETRATORS, HIGH COMMISSIONER TELLS

THIRD COMMITTEE, AS REFUGEE DEBATE OPENS

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH BROWN

TO LEAD EARLY RECOVERY EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday, 16 November:

The Secretary-General has asked the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mark Malloch Brown, immediately to take on the responsibility of leading the early recovery effort in Afghanistan.

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Fourth Committee

18^th Meeting (PM)

PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT’S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO CRISIS DEMONSTRATED

FOLLOWING 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACK, INTERIM HEAD TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

Speakers Stress Need for Parity in Official Languages