UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT

STARTS THIRD SEGMENT ON 15 OCTOBER

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS QUESTIONS OF GIBRALTAR, WESTERN SAHARA;

TOLD SELF-DETERMINATION ONLY ALTERNATIVE IN DECOLONIZATION PROCESS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

RAPIDLY AGEING POPULATION WILL STRESS SOCIAL BUDGETS ACROSS GLOBE,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Members of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning focused on the impact of the world’s rapidly ageing population  -- sparked mainly by new medical technologies -- on efforts to achieve real and sustainable development.

Committee on Inalienable Rights

Of the Palestinian People

259^th Meeting (PM)

SIGNALS OF SUPPORT FROM AROUND WORLD, SUCH AS THAT FOR PALESTINE

STATE, HELP PROMOTE MIDDLE EAST PEACE, COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee on Palestinian Rights Adopts Report to General Assembly

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

UNITED STATES EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES OF UN-SUPPORTED

AFGHAN PERSONNEL KILLED IN OPERATIONS AGAINST KABUL

Legal Committee Told Safety of Civilians Has High Priority;

Debate On Protection of Peacekeepers, Other Mission Members is Concluded

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENTS CANNOT STAND ASIDE WHEN CITIZENS SLAUGHTERED

SAYS UNITED STATES, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

Economic and Social Council

Resumed 2001 Substantive Session

44^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, AT RESUMED SUBSTANTIVE SESSION,

DECIDES TO GRANT OBSERVER STATUS TO NGO

Speakers Question Procedure Followed; Request Secretariat Report

FOLLOWING TERRORIST ATTACKS, UN REVISES FORECAST FOR WORLD ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 2001

TO 1.4 PER CENT; WARNS THAT LONG-RUN GROWTH RATE WILL BE ‘ADVERSELY AFFECTED’

PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

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

Members of the Security Council heard a briefing by Under-Secretary-General [Kieran] Prendergast of the Department of Political Affairs regarding the situation in Burundi.