Press Release

22 October 2003

Note to Correspondents

UNITED NATIONS WELCOMES NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO HEADQUARTERS

Note to Correspondents

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO OPEN HEADQUARTERS EXHIBIT ON WORK OF RALPH BUNCHE

Secretary-General Kofi Annan will officially open an exhibit on the life and United Nations career of Ralph Johnson Bunche on Friday, 24 October -- United Nations Day -- at 5 p.m. in the Visitors’ Lobby of the General Assembly Building.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

21^st & 22^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

INDIGENOUS ISSUES MUST BE INTEGRATED IN PUBLIC POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DISCUSSION BEGINS

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

18^th & 19^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY

TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS OF EXTERNAL DEBT, SECOND COMMITTTEE TOLD

They Must Also Take Urgent Measures to Review Their Policies, Speakers Stress

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

CURBING ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE FOCUS IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE,

AS EIGHT DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

40^th & 41^st Meetings (AM & PM)

ENHANCING FOLLOW-UP TO MAJOR GLOBAL CONFERENCES, ROLE OF PARTNERSHIPS IN ACHIEVING

DEVELOPMENT TARGETS, AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

UN EXPERT GROUP ON ROLE OF MEN, BOYS IN ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY

MEETS IN BRASILIA, 21 - 24 OCTOBER

UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON CENTRAL AFRICAN SECURITY QUESTIONS

TO HOLD REVIEW MEETING NEXT WEEK IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA

DEATH BY MALARIA THREATENS 15 MILLION ETHIOPIANS AS UN AGENCIES

APPEAL FOR $5.8 MILLION TO AVERT MAJOR EPIDEMIC

The Secretary-General departed for Pennsylvania in the morning of Tuesday, 21 October.