SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

TO AIM FOR SWIFT RATIFICATION OF KYOTO PROTOCOL

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

24^th Meeting (AM)

IRAQ PROGRAMME, DRUG CONTROL OFFICE AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED

AS BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON INTERNAL OVERSIGHT

Also Begins Consideration of United Nations Common System,

Hearing Introduction of International Civil Service Commission Report

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

20^th Meeting (PM)

SCOPE OF UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER TO REMAIN UNDER REVIEW,

BY DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

CORRECTION

On page 8 of Press Release GA/DIS/3215 issued 31 October, the statement in explanation of position by Nepal should read as follows:

FAO WARNS OF THREAT FROM FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND CALLS

FOR GLOBAL PLAN TO CONTROL EPIDEMICS

(Reissued as received.)

Rome, 6 November 2001 (FAO) -- Globalisation of trade favours the globalisation of serious epidemics such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

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

Members of the Security Council met in informal consultations and were briefed by Under-Secretary-General Kenzo Oshima on the situation in and around Afghanistan, including the humanitarian situation.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

24^th Meeting (AM)

GENDER MAINSTREAMING MUST BE ‘INDISPENSABLE COMPONENT’ OF DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES,

IRAN (ON BEHALF OF GROUP OF 77) TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

25^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE IS TOLD FAR MORE WOMEN IN LABOUR FORCE,

BUT STILL AT DISADVANTAGE IN PAY, CONDITIONS

ILO Official Describes Inequality; Debate on Sustainable

Development, International Economic Cooperation Is Concluded

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

20^th and 21^st Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE COMPLETES REVIEW OF PROPOSED GUIDELINES

ON ISSUES RELATING TO RESERVATIONS TO TREATIES

BETTER FUTURE FOR WORLD’S PEOPLE REQUIRES THOSE WITH MORE TO REACH OUT

TO THOSE WITH LESS, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of a statement made today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Asia Society Luncheon in New York:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

24^th Meeting (PM)

DISARMAMENT PROGRESS NEEDED AS PART OF ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORT,

BY TERMS OF DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Committee Concludes Session, Recommending 51 Texts for Assembly Action