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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ‘INSTRUMENT OF JUSTICE, NOT EXPEDIENCY’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TO BEIJING LAW SYMPOSIUM

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan to the Symposium on the Comparative Study of International Criminal Law and the Rome Statute in Beijing, 15 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO CONTRIBUTION OF POLISH PEACEKEEPERS,

IN MESSAGE TO 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN WARSAW

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the thirtieth anniversary of Poland’s first contribution to United Nations peacekeeping, as delivered today in Warsaw by Colin Glennie, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Poland:

CHINA ‘SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF PROGRESS’ IN ELIMINATING IODINE DEFICIENCY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO BEIJING MEETING

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the high-level meeting on the elimination of iodine deficiency, as delivered today in Beijing by Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF):

Security Council

4843^rd Meeting (AM)

‘REMARKABLE’ GAINS MADE IN TIMOR-LESTE SINCE UN SUPPORT MISSION ESTABLISHED,

BUT UN PRESENCE NEEDED BEYOND END OF MANDATE, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

SOME 38 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE FACING ‘SERIOUS FOOD SHORTAGES’, FAO REPORTS

ROME, 15 October (FAO) -- As of August 2003, the number of countries facing serious food shortages throughout the world stands at 38, with 23 in Africa, eight in Asia, five in Latin America and two in Europe.  In many of these countries, food shortages are being compounded by the effect of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on food production, marketing and transport.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

REFORM OF UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS A REAL PROCESS WITH REAL BENEFITS,

UNDER-SECERTARY-GENERAL TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

Despite Misperceptions, Significant Expansion, Change Are Afoot, He Says

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENDER EQUALITY, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PRESENT CONTINUING CHALLENGES,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DEBATE OPENS ON WOMEN’S ISSUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

WORK MUST CONTINUE ON FRAMING CONVENTIONS AGAINST TERRORISM,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Some Delegates Say Definition Needed, with Clear Distinction

From Legitimate Rights of People to Resist Foreign Occupation

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

11^th Meeting (PM)

SHORTFALL IN DEVELOPMENT AID, DEBT RELIEF THWARTING ECONOMIC GROWTH

IN DEVELOPING WORLD, DELEGATES TELL SECOND COMMITTEE

Huge Subsidies to Producers in Developed Countries Also to Blame, Speakers Say

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Briefing on “Prospects for Economic Growth

and Future of Development Cooperation”

WORLD NEEDS UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SECURITY COUNCIL,

SAYS NOBEL LAUREATE IN KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO SECOND COMMITTEE

Professor Calls for Increased

United Nations Role in International Financial Issues