MUCH GREATER EFFORTS NEEDED, OR ‘FEW AFRICAN COUNTRIES WILL MEET EVEN SOME’

MILLENNIUM GOALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS TOKYO CONFERENCE ON AFRICA

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the third Tokyo International Conference on African Development, delivered today by Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa:

Security Council

4834^th Meeting (AM)

FOLLOWING GUINEA-BISSAU COUP D’ETAT, TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS CREATED

AIMED AT ELECTED GOVERNMENT WITHIN 18 MONTHS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS CALLS FOR HARMONIZING NEEDS OF PEOPLE, PLANET

Food and Agriculture Organization to Ensure Follow-up Report on Implementation

(Reissued as received.)

UN'S ONLY FARSI WEB SITE GOES ONLINE

(Delayed in transmission.)

TEHRAN, 22 September (UNIC)-- The United NationsInformation Centre Tehran's Web site, featuring key United Nations documents in Persian, is now functioning, much to the appreciation of the people of Iran.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE ELECTS THREE OFFICERS BY ACCLAMATION, DEFERS ELECTION

OF THIRD VICE-CHAIRPERSON TO LATER DATE

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected two Vice-Chairpersons and a Rapporteur this afternoon during its organizational meeting for the fifty-eighth General Assembly session.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

SIXTH COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS FOR FIFTY-EIGHTH ASSEMBLY SESSION,

CONVENES AS WORKING GROUP ON REPRODUCTIVE CLONING

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this morning, in an organizational meeting, elected officers and adopted its programme of work and agenda for the fifty-eighth session.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

EXPRESSING CONCERN AT STALLED MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, SPEAKERS IN GENERAL

ASSEMBLY CALL FOR RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE, IMPLEMENTATION OF “ROAD MAP”