ALLEGATION OF ‘WIDESPREAD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION’ IN WEST AFRICA REFUGEE CAMPS

NOT CONFIRMED BY UNITED NATIONS INVESTIGATION

Preventive Measures Recommended to Alleviate Vulnerability of Refugees

                                    Note No. 5757

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

14^th Meeting (PM)

DELAYS IN REIMBURSEMENT ‘GREAT HARDSHIP’ FOR TROOP-CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES,

KENYA TELLS FOURTH C0MMITTEE, AS PEACEKEEPING DEBATE CONTINUES

Speakers Also Address Need for Mission Exit Strategies,

Adequate Funding for Demobilization, Reintegration of Former Combatants

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM) 

LEGAL COMMITTEE URGES ACTION BY STATES TO COUNTER VIOLENCE

AGAINST DIPLOMATIC, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL

Second Text, Approved Today, Seeks General Assembly Appeal

For Wider Adherence to Protocols Protecting Victims of Armed Conflict

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

POVERTY AND ISOLATION REMAIN INTRACTABLE PROBLEM FOR PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM

STATES, DELEGATE TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

STRENGTHENED LEGAL REGIME TO PREVENT OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE

CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

One of Nine Texts Recommended for General Assembly Adoption;

Chemical and Biological Weapons, Small Arms Trade among Other Issues Addressed

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS ON 2002-2003 BUDGET,

REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE, FINANCIAL FUNCTIONING OF UNITED NATIONS

On Sunday afternoon, 20 October, the Secretary-General and his party traveled to Bishkek to begin an official visit to Kyrgyzstan.

At midday on Friday, 18 October, Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, becoming the first United Nations Secretary-General to visit that country.

On Thursday afternoon, 17 October, Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Astana, Kazakhstan’s new capital.