Security Council                                           

TASK FORCE ON FINANCIAL MECHANISMS FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT LAUNCHED AT UN HEADQUARTERS

 

(Issued on 7 October 2004.)

Note to Correspondents

Negotiations on Preparations for UN Small Island Conference

to be held at Headquarters 7 - 11 October

(Issued on 7 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly                               

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

GOVERNMENTS REAFFIRM CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY TO SOCIETY,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

281^st Meeting (AM)

Palestinian rights committee repeats call for negotiated solution

 

to end Israeli occupation of territory

Draft Report to Assembly Says Road Map Remains Best Approach

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY URGED TO BOOST AID TO LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,

SMALL ISLAND STATES AS SECOND COMMITTEE ENDS GENERAL DEBATE

High Transport Costs, Lack of Sea Access,

Remoteness, Natural Disasters Blamed for Increasing Marginalization

(Issued on 7 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE DEBATES REFORM OF JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

Emphasizing the great importance of the Joint Inspection Unit as the sole external system-wide oversight body of the Organization, many speakers in the Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth) this morning said it was time to take a decision on the review of the statute and working methods of the Unit.

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GUATEMALA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Jorge Skinner-Klée Arenales, the new Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Africa shows progress in tackling conflicts, UN Secretary-General reports