Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this morning, in an organizational meeting, elected officers and adopted its programme of work and agenda for the fifty-eighth session.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

EXPRESSING CONCERN AT STALLED MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, SPEAKERS IN GENERAL

ASSEMBLY CALL FOR RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE, IMPLEMENTATION OF “ROAD MAP”

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS QATAR AS VALUED UN MEMBER ON RECEIVING

PERSONAL AWARD FROM FOREIGN MINISTER

The following remarks were made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving a personal award from the Government of the State of Qatar today:

Mr. Foreign Minister,

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET

AT HEADQUARTERS, 26 SEPTEMBER

‘POWERFUL RESOURCE’ OF OLDER PERSONS MUST BE TAPPED FOR DEVELOPMENT

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Older Persons, observed 1 October:

THIRD MEETING OF PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR INFORMATION SUMMIT

CONCLUDES IN GENEVA

Concrete Steps Taken in Declaration, Action Plan to Bridge

Digital Divide; Delegates to Reconvene in Geneva, 10-14 November

(Reissued as received.)

LANDMARK UNITED NATIONS TREATY AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME ENTERS INTO FORCE

Corruption Convention Talks to Resume on Monday

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

CONCERNS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HIGHLIGHTED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

CONCLUDES FIRST WEEK OF HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE

EAST ASIA DRUG CONTROL MEETING CONCLUDES IN HANOI

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES FOLLOWING

HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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