Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $5.4 MILLION FOR COMMISSION

implementing Cameroon-Nigeria border dispute decision

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

32^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS ARGENTINA, DENMARK, GREECE, JAPAN, UNITED REPUBLIC

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Beijing on Saturday evening, 9 October, for a visit that coincided with the celebration of the fifty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UN's presence in that country.

Secretary-General congratulates Cambodia’s new King Norodom Sihamoni

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the Royal Throne Council’s unanimous election of His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni as the new King and Head of State of the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia.  He wishes him every success in this important role.

Secretary-General, noting next year’s review of Millennium

 

Development Goals, urges stronger efforts to meet them

 

Ongoing Crises in Sudan, and Urgent Need for Greater Help,

Also Stressed in Wide-Ranging Dublin Address to National Forum on Europe

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Dublin today to the National Forum on Europe:

Secretary-General says inauguration of transitional president of Somalia

is hopeful development after country’s decade of problems

 

This is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today to the inauguration in Nairobi of the President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (delivered by Mohamed Sahnoun, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa):

Security Council

5057^th Meeting (Night)

Security Council forwards to General Assembly list of 22 candidates

for judges of Former Yugoslavia Tribunal

 

Having considered the nominations for permanent judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the Security Council this afternoon forwarded a list of 22 candidates to the General Assembly.

Note to Correspondents

WORLD FOOD DAY OBSERVANCE TO BE HELD MONDAY, 18 OCTOBER

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

fourth committee postpones action on western sahara draft resolution,

 

Two other texts on decolonization questions

Committee Also Begins General Debate on Effects of Atomic Radiation

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

12^th & 13^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 11 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON CRIME PREVENTION,

INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL, ROLE OF FAMILIES IN DEVELOPMENT

Also Continues Discussion on Advancement of Women, Hearing 43 Speakers