Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annans message for the International Day of Tolerance, which is observed on 16 November:
Top Priority International Effort Urged to Combat Social, Economic, Security Consequences of Disease
The clash of perspectives on human rights issues was the focus of vigorous debate this afternoon as the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) continued its consideration of issues related to human rights.
Member States were commended for their continued support of United Nations development activities, as the annual two-day United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities concluded this morning.
CORRECTION
The above headline on Press Release GA/L/3159 issued on 30 October should be amended to read:
ASSEMBLYS LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION CONCEPT
IS DISCRETIONARY, RATHER THAN OBLIGATION OF STATES
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The General Assembly this morning took up its agenda item on a culture of peace, including the International Year for the Culture of Peace (2000), as well as the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010), which was proclaimed by the Assembly in 1998.
Discussion Continues on International Law Commission Report
"I cannot but underline how impressed I am by the present general situation six years after the genocide", Special Representative on the situation of human rights in Rwanda, Michel Moussalli, said of that country this morning as the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) met to continue discussing human rights issues.
