Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

HIGH INEQUALITY A MAJOR IMPEDIMENT TO ECONOMIC GROWTH,

POVERTY ALLEVIATION, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Social, Humanitarian, Cultural Committee Open Substantive Session

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

MORE SUPPORT EXPRESSED FOR INCREASED FINANCIAL, PERSONNEL RESOURCES

FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW COMMISSION

Assembly’s Legal Committee Continues Review of UNCITRAL Annual Report

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS DISCUSS PLAN TO ENLARGE

UN COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW

Delegates Say Change in UNCITRAL Membership Has Not Matched

Expansion of World body; Views Differ on Extent of Proposed Revision

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

REMARKABLE UNITY IN WAKE OF 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK MUST BE USED

TO REINFORCE MULTILATERAL DISARMAMENT REGIME, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Says Realizing Attack’s

Impact if Nuclear, Chemical Weapons Used Committee’s Starting Point

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE, OPENING CONSIDERATION OF JIU REPORTS,

WELCOMES ESTABLISHMENT OF FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

23^rd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS BULGARIA, CAMEROON, GUINEA, MEXICO, SYRIA

TO TWO-YEAR TERMS ON SECURITY COUNCIL

Terms to Begin on 1 January 2002

PRESS STATEMENT ON TERRORIST THREATS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press by the President of the Security Council, Richard Ryan (Ireland), on the threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN ISSUES LIST PURSUANT

TO PARAGRAPH 8 (c) OF RESOLUTION 1333 (2000)

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL LOOKS FORWARD TO CONVENING OF PROPOSED SUMMIT

OF LEADERS OF GUINEA, LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE

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

Security Council

4387^th & 4388^th Meetings*(AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES ALL MEN AND WOMEN OF KOSOVO

TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER 17 ELECTIONS