Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

Hearing call for strengthened international partnerships, Third committee

begins discussion of crime prevention, drug control

 

UN Programme Executive Director says Globalization of Crime

Rivals That of Trade, Communications

Fifty-ninth General Assembly                               

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS ADDRESS PROPOSED CHANGES AIMED AT IMPROVING DISARMAMENT

COMMITTEE’S EFFECTIVENESS, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-ninth General Assembly                               

Secretary-General’s message for International Day for Eradication of Poverty

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the observance on 17 October of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty:

Secretary-General ‘Strongly Condemns’ Terrorist Bomb Attack in Pakistan

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

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the bomb attack that was carried out today in the Pakistani city of Multan, in which reportedly dozens of people were killed and many more wounded.

Secretary-General Deplores action leading to death

 

of Chief of Staff of Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ESTABLISHES INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FOR DARFUR

PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President, Emyr Jones Parry on Guinea-Bissau:

The Security Council, at its request, was briefed in informal consultations this afternoon, by Mr. Tuliameni Kalomoh, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs on the developments that took place in Guinea-Bissau on 6 October 2004.

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA SANCTIONS REVIEW

The following Security Council press statement on the Liberia sanctions review was delivered today by President Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom):