Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

25^th & 26^th Meetings (AM & PM)

AGRICULTURE MUST BE INTEGRATED INTO FREE TRADE RULES AFTER YEARS OF DISCRIMINATION

EXCLUSION, URUGUAY’S DELEGATE TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

African State Sponsors of ‘Cotton Initiative’ Underline Plight

Of Farmers Devastated by Export Subsidies Paid to Producers in Developed Countries

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Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

UN’S FUTURE EFFECTIVENESS DEPENDENT ON CREDIBLE SYSTEM TO EVALUATE PERFORMANCE,

IMPROVED CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, BUDGET COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

56^th & 57^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALL FOR UNIVERSALIZATION OF ANTI-LANDMINE

CONVENTION, INCREASED SUPPORT FOR DEMINING ACTIVITIES

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS SIGNING OF CASPIAN SEA PROTECTION TREATY

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES LAUNCH OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ACADEMY IN SHANGHAI

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the inauguration of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law, in Shanghai, 4 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ESTABLISHES TEAM TO INVESTIGATE RESPONSIBILITIES,

DECISION-MAKING PRIOR TO ATTACK ON UN BAGHDAD HEADQUARTERS

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

The Secretary-General is giving close attention to the Report of the Independent Panel on the Safety and Security of United Nations Personnel in Iraq, headed by Maarti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland.

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES DECISIONS BY SRI LANKA’S PRESIDENT

DO NOT HARM PEACE PROCESS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTRESSED BY INDONESIAN FLOOD DEATHS DISASTER

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES HIGH-LEVEL PANEL TO STUDY GLOBAL SECURITY THREATS,

AND RECOMMEND NECESSARY CHANGES

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Anand Panyarachun, former Prime Minister of Thailand, to chair the High-level Panel on global security threats and reform of the international system, which he had announced in his speech to the General Assembly on 23 September.