Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROBLEM OF SANCTIONS AFFECTING ‘THIRD STATES’,

POTENTIAL PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE

Report Received from Special Group on Charter; Observer

Status in General Assembly Recommended for Four Organizations

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS EFFECTIVENESS OF MICROCREDIT AS SECOND COMMITTEE

TAKES UP IMPLEMENTATION OF DECADE FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY

Millions, Particularly Women, Lifted out of Extreme Poverty, Delegates Told

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

NEW DISARMAMENT APPROACHES IMPERATIVE IN CHANGED POLITICAL CLIMATE

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

27^th Meeting (AM)

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

CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/10168, issued on 7 October, the statement by Syria on page 19 should read:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS REPORTS OF ‘INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP’

HELPFUL IN ‘GROUNDING’ UNITED NATIONS DECISION-MAKING

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York today of the International Crisis Group:

LIBERIA:  NON-ESSENTIAL MISSIONS ON HOLD

New York, 8 October (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Although the situation in Monrovia has stabilized, there are reports of fighting between Government troops and rebel factions in Nimba and Bong Mines in north/central Liberia.  Agencies are exercising caution in operating outside of Monrovia, and non-essential missions are on hold, for now. 

DISPLACED PEOPLE CONTINUE TO ARRIVE IN TOTOTA, LIBERIA

NEW YORK, 9 October (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- On Tuesday, 7 October, an inter-agency mission visited Totota and Kakata in Liberia to examine the relocation of internally displaced persons in irregular shelters and assess new population movements into Totota.

GLOBAL COMPACT SEEKS SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETAL PROBLEMS, WHILE ENSURING GLOBALIZATION

WORKS FOR ALL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT U.S. BUSINESS COUNCIL DINNER

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the dinner hosted by the United StatesCouncil for International Business, in honour of Charles [Chad] Holliday, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dupont, in New York, on 7 October:

TRUE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE NEEDED TO WIN FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Food Day, observed 16 October: