The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Acting without a vote this afternoon, the General Assembly adopted resolutions on Bethlehem 2000 and on cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Speakers Highlight Importance of Controlling Recent Violence, Reviving Peace Process, Problems Created by Israels Settlement Policy
Never before had such concrete mechanisms of accountability been developed and implemented at the United Nations, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management, Rafiah Salim, told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning, as it continued its general debate on human resources management.
Following is the text of the keynote address by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri to the General Assembly of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with the United Nations, delivered in Vienna on 6 November:
Committee Adopts Text On Palestinian Right to Self-Determination After Recorded Vote
IAEA Director-General Advocates Expansion of Peaceful Nuclear Energy, Subject to Safety, Cost, Environmental Factors
Also Approves Draft Resolution on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
