NUMBER OF WORLD'S MIGRANTS REACHES 175 MILLION MARK

Migrant Population Has Doubled in Twenty-five Years

New York, 28 October -- With around 175 million people currently residing in a country other than where they were born, the number of migrants in the world has more than doubled since 1975, with most living in Europe (56 million), Asia

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

27^th and 28^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN MUST ENSURE SUCCESSFUL SELF-DETERMINATION PROCESS FOR TERRITORIES

FACING REMNANTS OF COLONIALISM, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Draft Resolutions Introduced on Girl Child, Indigenous People

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

NEXT STEPS IN FORMATION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

APPROVED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE

Election of Judges, Prosecutor, Other Officials Set for Next Year;

Committee also Begins Debate on International Law Commission Report

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

18^th and 19^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS OFFICIAL TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

OF NEED FOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CALLED ON TO REDUCE NON-STRATEGIC

NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY DRAFT TEXT APPROVED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Seven Draft Texts Approved, Addressing Among Others,

Mongolian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status, Disarmament and Development

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

WOMEN STILL UNDER-REPRESENTED IN UPPER ECHELONS OF UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES REPORT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

36^th Meeting (PM)

PROGRESS, SETBACKS REPORTED BY PRESIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS

FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, RWANDA

Yugoslav Tribunal May Refer Certain Cases to National Courts;

Rwanda Court Cites Need for Additional Judges, Greater Cooperation from Rwanda

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SHOCK AT TRAGIC DEATH OF UNITED STATES

SENATOR WELLSTONE, PERSONAL FRIEND AND UNITED NATIONS SUPPORTER

This is the text of a statement this afternoon from Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The sudden and tragic death of Senator Paul Wellstone, along with his wife, his daughter and several campaign workers, comes as a personal shock to me.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT UNITED NATIONS DAY CONCERT OF KOREAN MUSIC,

LOOKS TO END OF ‘DECADES OF HOSTILITY AND MISTRUST’ ON PENINSULA

These are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Day concert given in the General Assembly Hall last night (24 October) by the Traditional Music Orchestra of the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS):

It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to United Nations Headquarters.

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS ROLE OF 'CLUB OF MADRID', SHARING

UN GOAL OF SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMOCRACIES

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan (delivered on his behalf by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva) to the General Assembly of the Club of Madrid, meeting today in Madrid: