DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RECOGNITION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY

ESSENTIAL IN EFFORTS TO TACKLE GLOBAL PROBLEMS

Address to Summit Meeting of ‘La Francophonie’

This is the text (translated from the French) of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the ninth summit of la Francophonie in Beirut, Lebanon, on 18 October:

Security Council

4631^st Meeting (AM)

FOCUS ON NATIONALIST ELECTION SHOWING, WAR CRIMINALS AS OFFICIALS BRIEF

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ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, LAUDING UNITED NATIONS ACHIEVEMENTS, SAYS RANGE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

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

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF LINK BETWEEN COMBATING RACISM AND PROMOTING

DIALOGUE, AS THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE ON RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

19^th & 20^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITMENT TO NUCLEAR WARHEAD REDUCTION BY UNITED STATES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

WELCOMED IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

18 Texts Approved Addressing Compliance with Disarmament Agreements,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, early in the afternoon of Monday, 21 October.

TOASTING PRESIDENT OF TURKMENISTAN, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

INEXTRICABLE LINKAGE OF DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT

Following is the toast proposed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the dinner hosted by Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat,

22 October:

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SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAME OF AN ENTITY TO ITS LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 22 October the following entity to its list (Al‑Qaida section):

Global Relief Foundation (GRF), A.K.A. Fondation Secours Mondial (FSM)

Offices in the United States:

9935 South 76^th Avenue, Unit 1, Bridgeview, Illinois 60455, U.S.A.,