‘YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE KEY’ IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on receiving an honorary doctorate at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China today:

NEW, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES NEEDED IN WATER DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON MESSAGE FOR WORLD FOOD DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Food Day, 16 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘HORRIFIED’ BY SATURDAY CAR BOMB ATTACK IN BALI

The following statement was issued yesterday, 13 October, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked and horrified to hear of last night’s car bomb attack in Bali, Indonesia, which killed at least 180 people and wounded scores of others.

STATEMENT TO PRESS ON SOMALIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

The following is today’s press statement on Somalia by Security Council President Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon):

Members of the Security Council welcome the launching in Eldoret Town, Kenya, of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) sponsored process for national reconciliation in Somalia.

Security Council

4624^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS BOMB ATTACKS IN BALI, INDONESIA;

REGARDS ACTS AS THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE

Resolution 1438 (2002) Adopted Unanimously

                                                  Note No. 5754

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

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

DELEGATIONS IN THIRD COMMITTEE STRESS NEED TO IMPLEMENT PROMISES

TO CREATE ‘WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN’

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT HAS SAFEGUARDS AGAINST MISUSE, LEGAL

COMMITTEE IS TOLD; CONCERNS OF DOUBTERS CAN BE ADDRESSED

Most Delegates Express Support; United States, Dissenting, Cites

Problems of Jurisdiction, Due Process, Lack of Security Council Oversight

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE SPEAKERS LINK ILLICIT TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO TERRORISM,

DOMESTIC CONFLICT AND CAPITAL FLIGHT