Disarmament Commission

2003 Organizational Session

257^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION;

WILL MEET AT HEADQUARTERS 5 - 23 APRIL 2004

The Disarmament Commission, in its 2003 organizational session held this morning, adopted the agenda for its 2004 substantive session, to be held in New York from 5 to 23 April, and elected its Bureau.

CHILDREN TO CONVEY THEIR VISION OF CLEANER, HEALTHIER WORLD

IN THIRTEENTH GLOBAL PAINTING CONTEST, ‘SEAS AND OCEANS’

NAIROBI, 5 November (UNEP) -- Children are being urged to pick up their paint brushes to capture on canvas the beauty, romance and threats to the marine world.

NEW STRATEGY FOR INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT TO BE LAUNCHED IN BANGKOK

500 Delegates Will Look at Ways to Improve Chemical Safety

(Reissued as received.)

BANGKOK, 5 November (UNEP) -- A major new effort to improve the way the world deals with chemicals begins this weekend in Bangkok, Thailand.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SPELLS OUT DOMINANT THREATS TO WORLD PEACE

ON RECEIVING GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARD FROM ASPEN INSTITUTE

Following is the text of the Secretary-General’s message to the annual dinner of the Aspen Institute on receiving the Global Leadership award, delivered by Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, on 4 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY DEATH OF SHARON CAPELING-ALAKIJA,

HEAD OF UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ‘GENEVA ACCORD’ OUTLINING DETAILED STEPS

TO RESOLVE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

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

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ONE INDIVIDUAL AND ONE ENTITY

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 3 November 2003 added the name of the following individual to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

73. *Name: 1: DAWOOD 2: IBRAHIM 3: na 4: na

UN POPULATION DIVISION RELEASES MORTPAK FOR WINDOWS,

SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT

The United Nations Population Division is pleased to announce the release of MORTPAK for Windows, version 4.0 of its popular software package for demographic measurement.  The package has been widely used throughout research institutions in developing and developed countries since its introduction in 1988. 

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

GRAVE CONCERN EXPRESSED OVER DETERIORATING SITUATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN

TERRITORIES, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT ON ISRAELI PRACTICES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

33^rd Meeting (AM)

GOVERNMENTS APPEAL FOR GREATER INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES

POSED BY RETURNEES, AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF REFUGEES