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:

1267 COMMITTEE ADDS NAME OF AN ENTITY TO ITS LIST

On 25 October 2002, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added the following entity to its list (Al-Qaida section):

Jemaah Islamiyah, the network in South-East Asia (a.k.a. Jema’ah Islamiyah; a.k.a. Jemaah Islamiya; a.k.a. Jemaah Islamiah; a.k.a. Jamaah Islamiyah; a.k.a. Jama’ah Islamiyah), founded by the late Abdullah Sungkar.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

STRENGTHENED MEANS TO KEEP TERRORISTS FROM ACQUIRING MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS

CALLED FOR IN ONE OF NINE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Texts also Address Nuclear Weapon Elimination, Dual-Use Technology,

Middle East Nuclear Proliferation, Multilateralism, Central Asia, among Others

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

SWIFT ACTION ON HEADQUARTERS CAPITAL MASTER PLAN

CALLED FOR BY FIFTH COMMITTEE DELEGATES

Economic and Social Council

Resumed Substantive Session

44^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS ONE RESOLUTION AND TWO DECISIONS, HOLDS ELECTIONS IN ONE-DAY RESUMED SESSION

                                                            DSG/SM/176

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL

LOST IN LINE OF DUTY, NOTES STEPS FOR FURTHER PROTECTION

Statement at Staff Day Memorial Ceremony Calls

For Support from Governments In Dealing with Perpetrators of Violence

This is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette today at a memorial ceremony on Staff Day at United Nations Headquarters in New York:

UNITED NATIONS DRUG CONTROL AGENCY URGES GREATER HELP

FOR AFGHANS IN FIGHT AGAINST OPIUM CULTIVATION