Fifty-seventh General Assembly                            GA/L/3226

Sixth Committee                                             6 November 2002

26^th & 27^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

ELIMINATION OF WASTE, ENHANCEMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY COULD SAVE UNITED NATIONS

$56 MILLION, SAYS OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION’S PROPOSED REFORMS INNOVATIVE, FORWARD

LOOKING SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO FIFTH COMMITTEE

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) of the General Assembly in New York on 6 November:

2002 UN Pledging Conference

for World Food Programme

AM Meeting

SIX STATES, HOLY SEE PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Six Member States and an observer mission pledged contributions this morning at the annual United Nations/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pledging Conference for the World Food Programme (WFP).

FIFTH REVIEW CONFERENCE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

TO RESUME IN GENEVA FROM 11 – 22 NOVEMBER

States Parties to Try to Reach Agreement after One-Year Intermission

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘VERY ENCOURAGED’ BY SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF SECOND ROUND

OF PEACE TALKS ON SRI LANKA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council

4642^nd Meeting (AM & PM)

REPORT ON EXPLOITATION OF RESOURCES OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

IS CHALLENGED IN SECURITY COUNCIL

Neighbouring Countries, Denying Allegations by Expert Panel,

Call for More Evidence; Others Stress Serious Effects on Peace Process

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON UN RELIEF AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES;

DETERIORATING MIDDLE EAST SITUATION, AGENCY'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS HIGHLIGHTED

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

36^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATES HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN IRAQ,

CAMBODIA, PALESTINIAN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES