Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

23^rd & 24^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD OF VITAL NEED FOR RENEWED CONFIDENCE IN TRADE LIBERALIZATION

AS KEY FOR SUCCESS OF NEGOTIATIONS AFTER FAILURE AT CANCÚN

Multilateralism, Non-discriminatory Trading System Important

For Spurring Economic Growth in Developing World, Says Morocco’s Delegate

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

20^th Meeting (PM)

NUCLEAR WEAPON STATES CALLED ON TO HALT IMPROVEMENT, STOCKPILING

OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS, IN TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Four Resolutions Recommended to General Assembly;

Others Address Middle East, Environmental Norms, Small Arms Traffic

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

ONGOING REVIEW OF UN’S PAY, BENEFITS SYSTEM TAKEN UP IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

52^nd & 53^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

UGANDAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR TRANSFORMATION OF COMMODITY-DEPENDENT COUNTRIES

IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Assembly Also Hears from IAEA Director General;

Adopts Resolutions on Sport for Peace and Development

DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEPENDENCE ON COMMODITIES MUST BE ADDRESSED FOR ANY CHANCE

AT MEETING ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks to the General Assembly on commodities and development in New York on 3 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR PUBLIC SECTOR TO STRIVE

CONSTANTLY TO IMPROVE CAPACITY FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE

Message to Audience of 8,000 at UN Global Forum in Mexico City

NEW UNCTAD PUBLICATION REVIEWS MARKETING POTENTIAL

FOR ORGANIC PRODUCE FROM TROPICAL COUNTRIES

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS ADOPTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

New Instrument Described as New Framework for Action against ‘Insidious Plague’

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today on the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations Convention against Corruption:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER

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 November:

Security Council

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF RICE

Symbol of Cultural Identity and Global Unity

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 31 October (FAO) -- The United Nations today launched a major international drive to increase the production of rice.