FIGHTING POVERTY, PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT ARE MUTUALLY

REINFORCING GOALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Second Assembly of the Global Environment Facility, delivered by Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme in Beijing today:

IN ADDRESS TO MONGOLIAN PARLIAMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATIONS GREAT OR SMALL

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia:  "Small States in an era of globalization", Ulaanbaatar, 16 October:

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Security Council

4625^th Meeting (AM & PM)

RETURN OF UNITED NATIONS INSPECTORS, WITHOUT CONDITIONS, IS KEY

TO SOLVING ARMS IMPASSE WITH IRAQ, SECURITY COUNCIL IS TOLD

‘Grave Consequences’ of Military Action Foreshadowed in Day-long Debate;

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The following press statement by Security Council President Martin Belinga-

Eboutou (Cameroon) was delivered on 15 October:

PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The following press statement by Security Council President Martin Belinga-

Eboutou (Cameroon) was delivered on 15 October:

PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The following press statement by Security Council President Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon) was delivered on 15 October:

Council members once again condemn the Itaba massacre and encourage the Government of Burundi to continue its fact-finding efforts and to bring the perpetrators to justice, as well as to ensure respect for human rights in Burundi.

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

213^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES NEW DIPLOMATIC PARKING PROGRAMME,

SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT ON 1 NOVEMBER

CORRECTION

Paragraphs 5 and 11 of Press Release HQ/616 of 15 October should read, as follows:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

CONDITIONS OF PEACE, SECURITY ESSENTIAL FOR CHILDREN’S

PHYSICAL HEALTH, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Concludes Discussion of Children’s

Issues; Will Consider Indigenous People Tomorrow

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

11^th Meeting (PM)

URGENT NEED TO TRANSFER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

HIGHLIGHTED BY SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE

Developed countries could and should fulfil commitments laid down in