Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT , NOTES ‘DELICATE BALANCE’

OF TREMENDOUS PROMISE, URGENT PERILS IN TODAY’S WORLD

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Ibero-American Summit, delivered today in Salamanca:

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIAN ELECTIONS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Liberian elections by Security Council President Mihnea Ioan Motoc ( Romania):

Security Council

5281^st Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT PROMISES SUPPORT ORGANIZING

CÔTE D’IVOIRE ELECTIONS, TO BE HELD NOT LATER THAN 30 OCTOBER 2006

Will Consider Increasing Strength of UN Operation;

Security Council

5280^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS INCREASE IN FLOW OF WEAPONS TO SOMALIA ,

RE-ESTABLISHES GROUP MONITORING ARMS EMBARGO FOR SIX MONTHS

Resolution 1630 (2005) Adopted Unanimously;

REHAM AL-FARRA MEMORIAL JOURNALISTS’ FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME CONCLUDES

25th Year of Promoting Understanding of United Nations Challenges

Note to Correspondents

DAY TO ERADICATE POVERTY TO BE OBSERVED AT UN HEADQUARTERS ON 17 OCTOBER

A commemoration ceremony to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty will be held in the garden of United Nations Headquarters on Monday, 17 October from 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

UN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL LAUNCHES WEBSITE

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE, ACTING BY CONSENSUS, APPROVES TWO DRAFT RESOLUTIONS,

DRAFT DECISION AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON INFORMATION QUESTIONS

UN MUST NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF POOREST, MOST VULNERABLE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

SAYS IN MESSAGE ON DAY FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

Following is the message by General Assembly President Jan Eliasson ( Sweden) on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October:

IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD FOOD DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR SUPPORT

TO ACHIEVE MILLENNIUM GOAL TO REDUCE POVERTY BY HALF

Following is the message by General Assembly President Jan Eliasson ( Sweden) for World Food Day, 16 October: