Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

NEW SECURITY PARADIGM NEEDED FOLLOWING 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

ZERO-GROWTH BUDGET GOAL UNREALISTIC IN VIEW OF FLUCTUATING EXCHANGE RATES,

FUTURE PEACEKEEPING REFORMS, SAY FIFTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

UN BUDGET SITUATION EASED BY UNITED STATES PAYMENT

OF $621 MILLION, FIFTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD

REGIONAL PREPARATORY MEETING FOR 2002 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

TO BE HELD IN RIO DE JANEIRO 18-24 OCTOBER

(Reissued as received.)

RIO DE JANEIRO, 16 October (UNEP) -- From 18 to 24 October 2001, a series of meetings will take place in Rio de Janeiro in preparation for the World Summit on Sustainable Development scheduled to be held in Johannesburg in September 2002.

Preparatory Committee for the

International Conference

 on Financing for Development

5^th Meeting (AM)

INCREASED RESOURCES FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD AIM TO HELP

POOR NATIONS REACH ECONOMIC VIABILITY, COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Head of United Nations Agricultural Fund Calls for Conference

Document To Give More Attention to Market-based Fund-raising Methods

                                                            AFR/343

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s statement on the situation in Afghanistan by the President of Security Council, Richard Ryan (Ireland):

                                                            Note No. 5685

                                          Note No. 5683