Security Council

5055^th Meeting* (AM)

AFGHANISTAN’S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NOT PERFECT, BUT SETS STAGE

for Journey towards vigorous democracy, Security Council told

Assistant Secretary-General Offers Preliminary Observations,

Says Afghans ‘Patience, Resilience and Determination’ Source of Optimism

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE SEEKS CASE-BY-CASE PROGRAMME, BY END OF 2005,

TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF UN DECOLONIZATION RESOLUTION

Series of Related Texts Approved; Debate is Resumed

On International Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSION OF WOMEN’S ADVANCEMENT, CONCLUDES

REVIEW OF CRIME PREVENTION, INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL

Power, Protection of Law Critical to Efforts

Of Those Championing Women’s Equality, Committee Told

(Issued on 13 October 2004)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DEBT WRITE-OFF MUST BE TOP PRIORITY IN HELPING POOREST COUNTRIES

restore growth, meet millennium goals, second committee told

Continued Debt Servicing Makes It Impossible

For Them to Increase Savings, Boost Investment, Grow Their Economies

(Issued on 13 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

‘TENSION BETWEEN NUCLEAR LEGALITY AND NUCLEAR REALITY’ CAUSE OF CRISIS

IN NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

(Issued on 13 October 2004.)

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: