Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE REVIEWS WORK OF UN OVERSIGHT BODIES, RECEIVING

REPORTS FROM BOARD OF AUDITORS, JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

Delegates Question Effectiveness of Follow-up Action

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

25^th & 26^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL WILL REQUIRED TO REORIENT UNITED NATIONS AND ACHIEVE

DEVELOPMENT TARGETS, SPEAKERS TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION WORSENS IN GREATER DARFUR REGION OF WESTERN SUDAN

(Reissued as received.)

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR DEMANDS PROTECTION FOR CIVILIANS, AID WORKERS IN SOMALIA

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS, MORE THAN EVER, NEEDS STRONG, COHERENT DEVELOPMENT VOICE

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEETING OF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the global resident representatives meeting in Tarrytown, New York, on 6 October:

It is hard to believe that it has been almost four years since the last global meeting of resident representatives.

‘WE MUST CONFRONT DEATH BY REAFFIRMING THE VALUE OF LIFE’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO PRAYER SERVICE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Orthodox Christian prayer service for the United Nations community today, delivered by Joseph Stephanides, Director, Security Council Affairs Division, Department of Political Affairs:

GOVERNMENTS MUST ENSURE ADEQUATE ATTENTION FOR SPECIAL NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, 10 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY DEPLORES ISRAELI AIR STRIKE ON SYRIAN TERRITORY

Following is a statement issued on 5 October by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS HAIFA SUICIDE BOMBING,

URGES ALL PARTIES TO SHOW UTMOST RESTRAINT

Following is a statement issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 4 October:

LUBBERS TO CONTINUE AS UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

(Reissued as received)

GENEVA, 6 October (UNHCR) –- Acting on the proposal of the Secretary-General, the United Nations General Assembly today extended the term of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers through the end of 2005.  With the two-year extension, Mr. Lubbers will have served a term of five full years.