Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion on “Globalization”

IN SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION, TOP ECONOMIST CALLS FOR MORE SENSIBLE,

MODEST, HUMANE APPROACH TO GLOBALIZATION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

MORE STREAMLINED, FLEXIBLE BUDGETARY PROCESS NEEDED,

SAY SPEAKERS IN FIFTH COMMITTEE DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

59^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXTS TO REINFORCE ‘CULTURE OF PEACE’

IN CONFLICT-RIDDEN WORLD

Also Elects 29 Countries to UNEP Governing

Council for Four-Year Terms Beginning 1 January 2004

HEAD OF UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE VISITS NORTHERN UGANDA,

SAYS ‘DEEPLY SHOCKED’ BY ‘WAR AGAINST CHILDREN’

UNCTAD REVIEW NOTES REBOUND IN WORLD SEABORNE TRADE

IN 2002, FURTHER INCREASE EXPECTED THIS YEAR

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES CANADA FOR RATIFICATION

OF UN LAW OF SEA CONVENTION

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

GENUINE DEMOCRACY AT HOME, EFFECTIVE MULTILATERALISM ABROAD SUREST PATHS

TO PEACE, DEVELOPMENT SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SANTIAGO ADDRESS

Following is the text of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s address to Chilean Parliamentarians in Santiago, 6 November:

PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR POOR ARE SUPPORTED AT ROME FORUM

OF UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

(Reissued as received.)

ENERGY SECURITY RISKS AND GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS

TO BE REVIEWED AT UN FORUM BY INDUSTRY LEADERS

Experts from OPEC, European Union, Russian Federation, United States

Will Meet in Geneva on 20 November; Follow-Up to 2002 Round Table Success

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents

PANEL DISCUSSION ON GLOBALIZATION AT HEADQUARTERS ON 10 NOVEMBER