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SECRETARY-GENERAL TO UNHCR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:  WORLD SUMMIT

MADE REMARKABLE COMMITMENT TO HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEADLY IMPACT OF FLOODS IN MEXICO , CENTRAL AMERICA

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ERITREA TO REVERSE FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON UN MISSION

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

NEW WHO REPORT URGES GLOBAL EFFORT AGAINST CHRONIC DISEASES

NEW YORK, 6 October (UN Fund for International Partnerships) -- In a report issued today, the World Health Organization (WHO) says global action to prevent chronic diseases could save the lives of 36 million people who would otherwise be dead by 2015.

EASING PLIGHT OF ELDERLY POOR SHOULD BE PART OF MILLENNIUM GOALS,

DPI/NGO BRIEFING IS TOLD

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

REPRESENTATIVES OF MEMBER STATES , NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES, PETITIONERS

ADDRESS FOURTH COMMITTEE, AS IT CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE, REVIEWING ISSUES ON COMPLETION OF OVERALL

ANTI-TERRORISM TREATY, NOTES OUTSTANDING DIFFERENCES

Delegates Discuss Need for Definition; Many Describe

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

GROWTH OF GLOBAL MILITARY SPENDING, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISARMAMENT,

DEVELOPMENT FOCUS OF DEBATE IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Speakers, Alarmed by $1 Trillion Devoted to Arms, Say Diverting

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

27^th & 28^th Meetings (AM & PM)

CHALLENGES FACING YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERLINE NEED TO ACHIEVE MILLENNIUM GOALS,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATION MEETING

They Will Inherit What We Create, Good or Bad, She Tells