Security Council

4840^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL SEEKS EXPANSION OF ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL EFFORT

IN AFGHANISTAN, TO EXTEND BEYOND KABUL

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION

Kazakhstan Delegate Warns of Negative Impact of Testing,

Joins Others in Supporting Work of UN Scientific Committee on Issue

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

9^th Meeting (PM)

PEOPLE SMUGGLING, TRAFFICKING GENERATE NEARLY $10 BILLION ANNUALLY AS CORE

BUSINESSES OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL NETWORKS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

STRESSING DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF GRAFT, DELEGATES IN SECOND COMMITTEE

WELCOME COMPLETION OF WORK ON CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

NON-PROLIFERATION OBLIGATIONS MARKED MORE OFTEN BY BREACH

THAN COMPLIANCE, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 10 STATES RETAIN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTING RIGHTS,

AS UNPAID CONTRIBUTIONS DUE TO FACTORS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL

Also Takes Up Reports on Pattern of Conferences

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

28^th & 29^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS CALL FOR ENHANCED WORKING METHODS, GREATER TRANSPARENCY, AS GENERAL

ASSEMBLY BEGINS DEBATE ON ANNUAL REPORT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

THIRD PART OF 2003 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF DISARMAMENT

FELLOWSHIPS BEGINS IN NEW YORK

UNCTAD GOVERNING BODY HEARS PLEAS FOR IMPROVING

PREFERENTIAL TRADE SCHEMES FOR LDCS

A WORLD MIRED IN DESPAIR OF POVERTY ‘WILL NOT BE A WORLD AT PEACE’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed 17 October: