Secretary-General gravely concerned at escalating violence in Gaza

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

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman

 

of Military Staff Committee in October

 

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for October:

Security Council

UNRWA Calls on Government of Israel to Lift Restrictions,

Ensure Safety of Staff in Gaza Strip

 

(Reissued as received.)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN OCTOBER 2004

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in October, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

fourth committee adopts agenda, approves work programme

 

during organizational meeting

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

Disarmament committee holds organizational meeting; debate will begin 4 October

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), this afternoon in an organizational meeting, adopted its programme of work and agenda for the fifty-ninth session.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifty Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING; SESSION

WILL FOCUS ON HUMAN RESOURCES, MANAGEMENT

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

17^th Meeting (AM)

UNITED NATIONS REFORM, VULNERABILITIES OF SMALLISLANDS, DARFUR, MIDDLE EAST

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

General Committee

3^rd Meeting* (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS

ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S CURRENT AGENDA

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS STRESS NEED FOR MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS TO ADDRESS GENOCIDE, WARN AGAINST

LOSING SIGHT OF SO-CALLED ‘SOFT THREATS’, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE CONTINUES

CORRECTION

The last sentence of the last paragraph on page 13 of Press Release GA/10265, issued on 29 September, should read: