WORLD economic slowdown could SQUEEZE RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, WARNS

UNDER-SECRETARY-gENERAL AS SECOND COMMITTEE BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

Adapting to world’s changing reality, while not renegotiating basic principles

greatest challenge for current session, Disarmament Committee told

Under-Secretary-General Says Committee Has Responsibility

To Clarify Common Goals, Identify New Norms, Assess Progress

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE DISCUSSES REASONS FOR DELAYED DOCUMENTATION,

ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME FOR INITIAL TWO WEEKS

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

18^th & 19^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONSIDERS PROPOSALS TO ENHANCE UNITED NATIONS-CIVIL SOCIETY

RELATIONS, WIDER REFORM OF ORGANIZATION

Time is right to take United Nations-Civil Society Partnership one

 

step further, Deputy Secretary-General tells General Assembly

 

Following are the remarks delivered today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the General Assembly on implementation of the report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations:

UN Warns About Nexus Between Drugs, Crime and Terrorism

 

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 1 October (UN Information Service) -- Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), will address an international audience in Rome on Friday, 1 October, outlining the links between illicit drugs, organized crime, and international terrorism.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:  SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS STRENGTHENING

 

OF MISSION AN IMPORTANT STEP, BUT WELL BELOW RECOMMENDED CEILING

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the Security Council on the Democratic Republic of the Congo today, 1 October:

Secretary-General expresses abhorrence over Beirut car bombing

 

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

Secretary-General condemns ‘in strongest terms’

 

terrorist attack on mosque in Pakistan

 

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

Secretary-General salutes honourees at UNA-USA dinner for deep dedication

to improving well-being of others

 

Following are the remarks delivered 30 September by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) dinner in New York: