SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GRIEF AT SENEGAL FERRY DISASTER

This statement was issued on 28 September by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the news that hundreds of people are feared drowned after a Senegalese passenger ferry capsized off the coast of the Gambia in a violent storm.  He expresses his heartfelt condolences to the Government, families and friends of the victims.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS WORLD FALLING SHORT OF MILLENNIUM SUMMIT COMMITMENTS;

OUTLINES STEPS TO ACCELERATE PROGRESS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

DEVELOPMENTS IN TOKELAU DESCRIBED AS MODEL FOR ACHIEVING PROGRESS

IN NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES, DURING FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE

Relationship Between Territory, UN, New Zealand

Characterized by Transparency, Generosity Committee Told

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

4^th and 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

CRITICAL LINKS BETWEEN CRIME, ILLICIT DRUGS, CORRUPTION, TERRORISM

REVEALED BY 11 SEPTEMBER EVENTS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR STEPS TO EXPAND PROTECTION

OF UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL ON PEACE-RELATED MISSIONS

Members Note Limitations of Existing Convention;

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

DELEGATES TO SECOND COMMITTEE EMPHASIZE IMPORTANCE

OF FOREIGN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

Speakers Point Out Gap Between Availability and Needs

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES NEED MORE EQUITABLE WORLD TRADE,

SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

Geographical Handicaps Keep Them from Being Competitive, Says Delegate

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

CUBA SAYS IT WILL ACCEDE TO NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY,

AS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Export Controls Over Sensitive Dual-Use Items,

Global Protection against Nuclear Terrorism among Other Issues Addressed

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF OFFICE

OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT REPORTS

Questions Raised on Geographical Representation,

Vacancy Announcement Policies, in Department of Peacekeeping Operations

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Philip Reuben Arnott Sealy, Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.