Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion on

 “Corporate Responsibility”

‘STUNNING LEVEL’ OF BRIBERY TAKING PLACE IN BOTH DEVELOPED, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,

SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION TOLD

Need for Greater Transparency in Awarding of Government Contracts Stressed

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT GIVEN ‘LIP SERVICE’, WHILE POSSESSION, DEVELOPMENT

OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONTINUES, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

General Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF TWO ADDITIONAL

ITEMS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S AGENDA

Also Recommends Assembly Consider Draft Corruption Convention Directly in Plenary

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES WORLD BODY TO CONTINUE SERVING HUMANITY, CONFRONT GLOBAL

THREATS, CONSIDER FURTHER CHANGE, IN UNITED NATIONS DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on United Nations Day, 24 October:

These are difficult times, for the world and for the United Nations.

AS DIFFICULT TIMES STRAIN GLOBAL SYSTEM, SECRETARY-GENERAL LOOKS TO UN ASSOCIATION

OF UNITED STATES TO ‘DO WHAT YOU DO BEST’ –- TELL UN STORY

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a dinner hosted by the United Nations Association – USA and the Business Council for the United Nations in New York on 8 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS LATEST TERRORIST INCIDENTS IN IRAQ,

REMAINS ‘GREATLY CONCERNED’ AT SECURITY SITUATION

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES VITAL ROLE OF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS IN MESSAGE

TO AFRICARE DINNER HONOURING BILL AND MELINDA GATES

Following is the message to be delivered this evening by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 2003 Africare Bishop Walker Dinner in Washington, D.C.:

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON BURUNDI

This is the text of a statement on Burundi delivered today by the President of the Security Council, John Negroponte (United States):

Security Council members welcome the signing on 8 October of the Pretoria Protocol on political, defence and security power-sharing between the Transitional Government of Burundi and the CNDD-FDD.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON LIBERIA

Following is the text of a press statement on Liberia delivered today by the President of the Security Council, John Negroponte (United States):

Security Council

4838^th Meeting (PM)

OFFICIALS OF TRIBUNALS FOR RWANDA, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL;

DESCRIBE STRATEGIES FOR CONCLUDING TRIALS BY 2008 DEADLINE