Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

27^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE ENDS REVIEW OF UNITED NATIONS COMMON SYSTEM; FOCUS

ON STAFF PAY, BENEFITS, CONTRACTS, CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

Delegates Suggest Blend of Security, Competition

Helps Ensure Recruitment of High Quality Personnel

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

43^rd Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS AGENDA FOR DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS,

CULMINATION TO OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL YEAR

Action Programme Adopted after Two-Day Debate; Many

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

42^nd Meeting (AM)

DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS ‘HUMANITY’S BEST ANSWER TO HUMANITY’S WORST ENEMIES’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY

Cultures, Civilizations Faiths Bound by

‘Inviolable Verdict of Technology’ Says President of Iran

Background Release

CONFERENCE ON FACILITATING ENTRY INTO FORCE OF NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

AT HEADQUARTERS, 11 - 13 NOVEMBER

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN

ISSUES FURTHER ADDENDUM

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE SAYS REHABILITATION OF WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN MUST BE

PLACED AT FOREFRONT OF INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO AFGHAN SITUATION

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON DEATHS IN CRASH OF UNITED NATIONS

MISSION HELICOPTER OFF COAST OF SIERRA LEONE

Cause Initially Thought To Be Mechanical, Foul Play Not

Suspected; Bodies Recovered after Search and Rescue Operation

This is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT

This is the text of today’s press statement on the Sierra Leone Special Court by the President of the Security Council, Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica):

Members of the Security Council were briefed by Under-Secretary-General Hans Corell, head of the Office of Legal Affairs, on the status of the establishment of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

PRESS STATEMENT ON SIERRA LEONE BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

This is the text of today’s press statement on developments in Sierra Leone by the President of the Security Council, Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica):

Members of the Security Council were briefed by Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi on recent developments in Sierra Leone.

PRESS STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNAMSIL HELICOPTER CRASH

Following is the text of the statement by the President of the Security Council, M. Patricia Durrant (Jamaica), on today’s crash of a UNAMSIL helicopter off the coast of Sierra Leone: