Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

4^th Meeting (PM)

NEW CONCEPT OF SECURITY NEEDED FOLLOWING 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK

CHINA TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

CONCLUDING GENERAL DEBATE ON JIU REPORTS, FIFTH COMMITTEE

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

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

INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION AIMS TO LIMIT LOSSES AND SUFFERING,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE ON DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction, 10 October:

IMPLEMENTATION OF DESERTIFICATION CONVENTION A FACTOR FOR STABILITY, ENSURING FOOD

SECURITY, PREVENTING MIGRATORY FLOWS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of a message by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Geneva:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED AT LOSS OF UN HELICOPTER IN GEORGIA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked to learn today that a United Nations  helicopter carrying nine passengers and crew was reportedly shot down in the western part of the Kodori Valley in Georgia.

‘TO DEFEAT TERRORISM, WE NEED A SUSTAINED EFFORT AND BROAD STRATEGY

THAT UNITE ALL NATIONS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on military strikes in Afghanistan:

PRESS STATEMENT ON ABKHAZIA (GEORGIA) BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s statement to the press by the President of the Security Council, Richard Ryan (Ireland), on events in Abkhazia (Georgia):

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

SECOND ANTI-COLONIALISM DECADE, SMALL ISLAND STATES, WESTERN SAHARA

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS NOW IS TIME TO UNITE AGAINST TERRORISM;

CAUTIONS THAT HUMANITARIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN MUST CONTINUE

Following is the text of the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Han Seung-soo (Republic of Korea), following the Assembly debate on international terrorism: