Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

52^nd & 53^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

UGANDAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR TRANSFORMATION OF COMMODITY-DEPENDENT COUNTRIES

IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Assembly Also Hears from IAEA Director General;

Adopts Resolutions on Sport for Peace and Development

DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEPENDENCE ON COMMODITIES MUST BE ADDRESSED FOR ANY CHANCE

AT MEETING ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks to the General Assembly on commodities and development in New York on 3 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR PUBLIC SECTOR TO STRIVE

CONSTANTLY TO IMPROVE CAPACITY FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE

Message to Audience of 8,000 at UN Global Forum in Mexico City

NEW UNCTAD PUBLICATION REVIEWS MARKETING POTENTIAL

FOR ORGANIC PRODUCE FROM TROPICAL COUNTRIES

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS ADOPTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

New Instrument Described as New Framework for Action against ‘Insidious Plague’

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today on the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations Convention against Corruption:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for November:

Security Council

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF RICE

Symbol of Cultural Identity and Global Unity

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 31 October (FAO) -- The United Nations today launched a major international drive to increase the production of rice.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN NOVEMBER 2003

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in November, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

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Third Committee

29^th Meeting (AM)

STATES MUST INTENSIFY NATIONAL EFFORTS TO COUNTER RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DISCUSSION ON THOSE ISSUES CONCLUDES

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Sixth Committee

19^th Meeting (PM)

DIFFERING VIEWS HEARD AS LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES CONDITIONS

FOR STATES, OTHERS TO EXPRESS RESERVATIONS TO TREATIES

Review Continues of Topics in International Law Commission Report