Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF REFORMING PROGRAMME OF WORK

AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Streamlined Agenda Needed in Tackling Major Challenge, Speakers Also Stress

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

FIRST COMMITTEE, ‘CUSTODIAN’ OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT STRUCTURE,

MUST ENSURE INTEGRITY, RELEVANCE, DELEGATES TOLD

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE REVIEWS PROPOSALS TO INCREASE PROFITABILITY

OF REVENUE-PRODUCING ACTIVITIES BY UNITED NATIONS

Non-Payment of Assessed Dues also Considered; Exemptions

Suggested for 10 Member States Said to Face Financial Hardships

RISE OF SUPERMARKETS ACROSS AFRICA THREATENS SMALL FARMERS

ROME, 8 October (FAO)-- Small farmers in Africa risk being swept out of agriculture by a wave of supermarket expansion unless they can participate in the new market, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Wednesday.

TRADE ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE ECONOMIC WOES, SAYS UNCTAD SECRETARY-GENERAL

Trade and Development Board to Debate Interdependence, Market Access, Africa

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT 40^TH ANNIVERSARY SEMINAR, RECALLS GUIDING WORDS FOR UN

OF POPE JOHN XXIII IN PAPAL ENCYCLICAL ‘PACEM IN TERRIS’

This is the text of the opening address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a seminar in New York City today to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Papal Encyclical, “Pacem in Terris”.

MULTILATERALISM CRUCIAL IN ‘AGE OF PROBLEMS WITHOUT PASSPORTS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered to the luncheon of African-American civil society leaders, held at Headquarters today:

Note to Correspondents

DAY-LONG EVENT AT HEADQUARTERS TODAY SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN TIES

BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY

As part of an initiative by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to strengthen ties with key civil society groups, a programme for representatives of the African-American community will take place at United Nations Headquarters today.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS CALL FOR GREATER EFFORTS BY ADMINISTERING POWERS

TO HELP REMAINING TERRITORIES ACHIEVE SELF-DETERMINATION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO CONTRIBUTIONS OF YOUTH,

ELDERLY, DISABLED PERSONS IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES