Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES IN SECOND COMMITTEE SAY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MUST PLAY GREATER ROLE

IN DECISIONS OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL, MONETARY, TRADE INSTITUTIONS

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

IMPACT OF STATE DISPUTES ON ARMS RACE, NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AMONG ISSUES

ADDRESSED, AS SEVEN MORE DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TOLD OF MOVES TO WIDEN MARKETING OF UNITED NATIONS PRODUCTS,

BOTH FOR ADVOCACY AND TO GENERATE INCOME

Series of Texts Approved on Auditing, Oversight, Related Issues

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Madrid yesterday, 22 October, after an overnight flight from Pittsburgh, and was greeted at the airport by the Foreign Minister of Spain, Ana Palacio.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO DONORS TO ‘GIVE GENEROUSLY’ FOR IRAQ’S

RECONSTRUCTION, IN ADDRESS TO MADRID CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the International Conference on Reconstruction in Iraq, as delivered today in Madrid:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASIZES NEED FOR FLEXIBLE MULTILATERAL

ARCHITECTURE AT ANNUAL UN PRESS CORPS DINNER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual dinner of the United Nations Correspondents’ Association, delivered by Mrs. Nane Annan, in New York on 22 October:

Thank you, Tony [Jenkins], and congratulations to all the winners.

Dear friends,

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ADDRESSES MADRID DONOR CONFERENCE ON IRAQ

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

13^th Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ENDORSING WORK OF OUTER SPACE COMMITTEE,

URGING FULL SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 1999 VIENNA SPACE CONFERENCE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

23^rd Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 7 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON TRANSNATIONAL CRIME, DRUG CONTROL,

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF INDIGENOUS ISSUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

COUNTRIES NOT YET PARTY TO DOCUMENTS ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ARE URGED

TO RATIFY, ACCEDE TO GOVERNING STATUTE

Legal Committee Also Seeks Relationship Agreement Between

Court and United Nations; Text Received on Effects of Sanctions on Third States