Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT OFFICE

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning began its review of the function and reporting procedures of the principal oversight body of the United Nations -- the Office of Internal Oversight Services -- as it took up the implementation of two Assembly resolutions concerning the Office.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

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

Secretary-General, meeting with Chinese business leaders, seeks support

for ‘Global Compact’ on shared values and practices

 

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at a meeting with Chinese business leaders in Beijing:

I am delighted to be with you today, and to have the chance to exchange views with you on areas of common concern.

Secretary-General applauds voter enthusiasm in Afghanistan election;

 

urges ANY irregularities to be resolved lawfully

 

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN BEIJING,

URGES COMMITMENT TO UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at QingHuaUniversity, Beijing:

Secretary-General, in message to Middle East/Africa summit meeting,

 

calls ‘microfinance movement’ success story of last decade

 

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Middle East and Africa Microcredit Summit Meeting taking place in Amman, Jordan, from 10 to 13 October, delivered by Mervat Tallawy, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCAP):

Secretary-General welcomes election of transitional Somali President

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

Note to Correspondents

tWENTY-FIFTH anniversary of Convention to End Discrimination

against Women to be marked at United Nations event

 

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women will be marked at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Wednesday, 13 October.

Note to Correspondents

EXHIBIT TO HIGHLIGHT USE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY FOR HUMAN

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE HAVE POTENTIAL