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UNCTAD GOVERNING BODY HEARS PLEAS FOR IMPROVING

PREFERENTIAL TRADE SCHEMES FOR LDCS

A WORLD MIRED IN DESPAIR OF POVERTY ‘WILL NOT BE A WORLD AT PEACE’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed 17 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS NOBEL PRIZE WINNER CHAMPION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES KILLING OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS

IN ISRAELI INCURSION INTO GAZA STRIP

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

The Secretary-General deplores the killing of Palestinian civilians during the Israeli incursion into Rafah in the Gaza Strip.  Two children were among those killed when the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) fired a missile into a crowded area.

Security Council

4839^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT WELCOMING AGREEMENT

BETWEEN PARTIES IN SUDAN CIVIL CONFLICT

The Security Council this afternoon welcomed the agreements on security arrangements between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army, reached at Naivasha, Kenya, in September 2003.

CHAIRMAN OF AL-QAIDA, TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE TO VISIT SELECTED COUNTRIES

IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1455 (2003)

The Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities will begin today a visit to selected countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. 

BUILDING AN INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE AGAINST HUNGER

FOCUS OF WORLD FOOD DAY, 16 OCTOBER

ROME, 10 October (Food and Agriculture Organization) -- Creating an International Alliance Against Hunger will be the core theme of this year's World Food Day on 16 October.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

MOROCCO AND ALGERIA SHOULD NEGOTIATE FINAL SETTLEMENT OF WESTERN SAHARA QUESTION,

MOROCCAN REPRESENTATIVE TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

Declares Morocco’s Readiness to Reach Consensual Text on Political Solution

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALL TO ADDRESS GLOBAL SOCIAL, ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

PROVIDING ‘BREEDING GROUND’ FOR ILLICIT DRUGS, TRANSNATIONAL CRIME

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE HEARS SPECIFIC PROPOSALS ON WAYS TO AID

‘THIRD STATES’ AFFECTED BY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS

Debate Concluded on Report of Special Committee on UN Charter