Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

47^th Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL COMMUNITY MUST BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH BOTH ‘HARD’, ‘SOFT’ THREATS,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS

Following are the remarks delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Peace and Security Funders Group today:

It is a pleasure to welcome you to United Nations Headquarters.

NEW FDI PATTERN EMERGING, SAYS UNCTAD, RESHAPED

BY SERVICES ECONOMY, NEW INDUSTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT TO ASSEMBLY’S FIFTH COMMITTEE,

PRESENTING UNITED NATIONS BUDGET FOR 2004-2005

This is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today to the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on the 2004-2005 budget of the United Nations:

MOBILIZATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE CRUCIAL TO WAR AGAINST AIDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE TO YOUTHAIDS BENEFIT GALA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual YouthAIDS benefit gala in New York, 27 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES CONTINUING DEMOLITION OF PALESTINIAN BUILDINGS

The following statement was issued on 27 October by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General continues to follow with great concern the ongoing cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians.  He deplores all acts that fuel and intensify the conflict.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS LATEST BOMBINGS IN BAGHDAD,

CALLS ATTACK ON RED CROSS ‘CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY’

The following statement was issued on 27 October by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the terrorist attacks in Iraq:

Security Council

4851^st Meeting (PM)

UN WILL TERMINATE IRAQ OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME 21 NOVEMBER, FACILITATE

SMOOTH HANDOVER TO COALITION AUTHORITY, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Benon Sevan, Programme’s Executive Director, Briefs Council

Security Council

4850^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UN MISSION FOR REFERENDUM

IN WESTERN SAHARA UNTIL 31 JANUARY 2004

Resolution 1513 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 January 2004.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

15^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS PRAISE PUBLIC INFORMATION REFORMS AS FOURTH COMMITTEE DELEGATES

EMPHASIZE NEED TO SENSITIZE, EDUCATE ON WORK OF UNITED NATIONS