Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

22^nd and 23^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

RESULTS ARE MIXED SO FAR IN IMPLEMENTATION OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT

GOALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Assembly Also Takes up His Report on the Work of the Organization

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

General Committee

3rd Meeting (AM)

Economic and Social Council

Resumed Substantive Session

43^rd Meeting* (PM)

TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF MOZAMBIQUE PEACE AGREEMENT MARKED

AT HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Post-Conflict Progress in Many Areas Is Lauded

As Notable Outcome of Self-Help, Cooperation with United Nations Bodies

Economic and Social Council

Resumed Substantive Session

42^nd Meeting (AM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING GROUP

TO EXAMINE HUMANITARIAN, ECONOMIC NEEDS IN GUINEA-BISSAU

                                                            ECOSOC/6031

UN WILL REMAIN MOZAMBIQUE’S CLOSE PARTNER; DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

SEAS IN ASIA, NORTH-WEST PACIFIC AND WEST AFRICA

AT HIGHEST RISK FROM LAND-BASED POLLUTION

UNEP Calls on Governments to Back

Wastewater Emission Targets as Key Step to Cleaning Up Seas

AMSTERDAM/NAIROBI (UNEP), 3 October -- The coastal habitats, fisheries, marine wildlife and the people of the Asian, North-West Pacific and West African sea regions are the most threatened in the world from untreated sewage discharged into coastal waters.

SECRETARY GENERAL'S REMARKS AT MEMORIAL SERVICE

FOR FOUNDER OF 'SEEDS OF PEACE'

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the memorial service for John Wallach, Founder of Seeds of Peace, New York, 3 October:

Many people dream of peace in the world.  Few devote their lives, hearts and minds to trying to make that dream come true.  John Wallach was one of those few.

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO NATURAL HAZARDS, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

Following is the Secretary-General's message for the International Day for Disaster Reduction -- "Disaster reduction for sustainable mountain development",

9 October 2002:

ROLE OF UN IS ‘TO PLACE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF HUMAN BEINGS AT CENTRE

OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO’, SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary General Kofi Annan at the inauguration today of Lee Bollinger as President of Colombia University in New York:

It is always a special honour to visit this great university.  Any institution of learning is of importance to the United Nations, but Columbia is doubly so.

PRESS STATEMENT ON COUNCIL PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR OCTOBER

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is yesterday’s press statement on the Security Council’s programme of work for October by Council President Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon):

The members of the Security Council reviewed their programme of work for the month of October.