Security Council

4633^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON ALL ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE

IN KOSOVO’S 26 OCTOBER MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

The Security Council this afternoon called upon all eligible voters in Kosovo, including those from minority communities, to take part in the municipal elections of 26 October, thus, seizing the chance to have their interests properly represented.

Security Council

4632^nd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS ‘HEINOUS’ MOSCOW HOSTAGE-TAKING,

DEMANDS IMMEDIATE, UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT NEARLY $470 MILLION

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

15^th Meeting (PM)

PEACEKEEPING CAPACITY OF ‘WAR-RAVAGED’ AFRICAN CONTINENT MUST BE ENHANCED,

FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD, AS IT CONCLUDES PEACEKEEPING DEBATE

Approves Text Designating 29 May International Day of UN Peacekeepers

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

PERSISTENT INEQUITIES, NEW FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FEATURE, AS THIRD COMMITTEE

CONTINUES DEBATE ON RACISM AND SELF-DETERMINATION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE CALLS FOR MEMBERSHIP OF UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION

ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW TO BE INCREASED

Extra 24 Would Be Elected Next Year:  Debate Ends on Plans

For Treaty on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

17^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE MEETS TO HEAR INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES 11 TEXTS CONCERNING WORK

OF UNITED NATIONS OVERSIGHT BODIES

UN 'UNIVERSAL, INDISPENSIBLE INSTRUMENT' FOR PEACE, HUMAN PROGRESS

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN UN DAY REMARKS

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the United Nations Day ceremony in Ralph Bunche Park on 24 October:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RECOGNITION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY

ESSENTIAL IN EFFORTS TO TACKLE GLOBAL PROBLEMS

Address to Summit Meeting of ‘La Francophonie’

This is the text (translated from the French) of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the ninth summit of la Francophonie in Beirut, Lebanon, on 18 October: