Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 2 NOVEMBER BURUNDI AGREEMENT

AIMED AT SETTLING POLITICAL, POWER-SHARING ISSUES

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

NO READY-MADE, ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES OF GOVERNANCE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GLOBAL FORUM ON REINVENTING GOVERNMENT

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth Global Forum on Reinventing Government, delivered by José Antonio Ocampo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mexico City, 3 to 7 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE TO UN GROUP ON SECURITY IN CENTRAL AFRICA;

ENCOURAGING PROGRESS NOTED, BUT PEACE PROCESSES ‘STILL FRAGILE’

GOVERNMENT USE OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES SPREADING

WIDELY BUT UNEVENLY, SAYS UNITED NATIONS REPORT

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

STRONG SUPPORT EXPRESSED FOR PALESTINE REFUGEE AGENCY, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE

CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF ANNUAL REPORT

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

30^th & 31^st Meetings (AM & PM)

HIGH COMMISSIONER STRESSES NEED TO FIND DURABLE SOLUTIONS, ENSURE HUMAN SECURITY,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS REFUGEE DISCUSSION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE, CONTINUING WORK ON LAW COMMISSION REPORT, CONSIDERS

SHARED NATURAL RESOURCES, FRAGMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Draft Texts Presented on Measures against Terrorism, Legal

Protection of UN and Related Personnel, Jurisdictional Immunities of States

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

23^rd & 24^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD OF VITAL NEED FOR RENEWED CONFIDENCE IN TRADE LIBERALIZATION

AS KEY FOR SUCCESS OF NEGOTIATIONS AFTER FAILURE AT CANCÚN

Multilateralism, Non-discriminatory Trading System Important

For Spurring Economic Growth in Developing World, Says Morocco’s Delegate

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

20^th Meeting (PM)

NUCLEAR WEAPON STATES CALLED ON TO HALT IMPROVEMENT, STOCKPILING

OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS, IN TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Four Resolutions Recommended to General Assembly;

Others Address Middle East, Environmental Norms, Small Arms Traffic

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

ONGOING REVIEW OF UN’S PAY, BENEFITS SYSTEM TAKEN UP IN BUDGET COMMITTEE