Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

NEXT STEPS IN FORMATION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

APPROVED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE

Election of Judges, Prosecutor, Other Officials Set for Next Year;

Committee also Begins Debate on International Law Commission Report

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

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

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS OFFICIAL TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

OF NEED FOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CALLED ON TO REDUCE NON-STRATEGIC

NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY DRAFT TEXT APPROVED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Seven Draft Texts Approved, Addressing Among Others,

Mongolian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status, Disarmament and Development

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

WOMEN STILL UNDER-REPRESENTED IN UPPER ECHELONS OF UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES REPORT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

36^th Meeting (PM)

PROGRESS, SETBACKS REPORTED BY PRESIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS

FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, RWANDA

Yugoslav Tribunal May Refer Certain Cases to National Courts;

Rwanda Court Cites Need for Additional Judges, Greater Cooperation from Rwanda

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