Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM & PM)

panellists in Second Committee cite grenada’s hurricane experience to emphasize

 

need for faster international responses to natural disasters

Delegates Conclude Debate on Globalization,

Interdependence, Begin Discussing International Trade, Development

no conflict is too remote to affect local environment, Secretary-General says

in message to mark international day to prevent exploitation

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflicts to be observed on 6 November:

Secretary-General presents plan for strengthened, unified UN security,

saying staff ‘has to be my first priority’

 

Following are the remarks delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on staff security:

Secretary-General Endorses statement condemning Tel Aviv suicide bombing

 

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

private sector should be alive to growing opportunities in Africa,

Secretary-General tells Tokyo Investment Conference

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Asia-Africa Investment and trade Conference in Tokyo, 1-2 November, delivered by Ibrahim Gambari, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa:

Secretary-General distressed at deaths of two Palestinian children

in occupied territory

 

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

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN NOVEMBER 2004

 

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in November, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

20^th Meeting (PM)

AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES FACING MAJOR OBSTACLES

IN MAINTAINING SERVICES, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

UNRWA Chief Says Israeli Military Operations, Curfews, Closures
Largely to Blame; Financial Constraints, Emergency Budget Shortfall Continue

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

32^nd & 33^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT MUST BE GIVEN SPECIAL ATTENTION, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD,

AS DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES

Interdependence of Economic, Social, Cultural Rights with Civil,

Political Rights Stressed; Respect for All Human Rights Essential for Development

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

Legal Committee is told draft articles on diplomatic protection

submitted to governments for observations by start of 2006

 

Review of International Law Commission Report Begins; Liability

For Transboundary Harm, Unilateral Acts of States among Other Issues

(Issued on 2 November 2004.)