SECRETARY-GENERAL RE-APPOINTS LAKHDAR BRAHIMI

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR AFGHANISTAN

PRESS STATEMENT ON ANGOLA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

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

Council members received an extensive briefing from Under-Secretary-General Gambari on the work of the United Nations Office in Angola (UNOA).  They concurred with the Secretary-General’s recommendation that the mandate of the Office be extended for a further six months.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

8^th Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP 2001 REPORT ON EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION; SEVERAL

SPEAKERS SUGGEST EXPANDED MEMBERSHIP FOR SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Report Reviews Risks to Offspring of Parental Radiation Exposure

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

13^th Meeting (PM)

CURRENT AFGHANISTAN CRISIS A POWERFUL WARNING OF CONSEQUENCES WHEN WOMEN

ARE EXCLUDED FROM DECISION-MAKING, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

HIV/AIDS, Role of Women in Peace-building

Also Discussed as Committee Begins Discussion of Women’s Issues

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

DEEP CONCERNS EXPRESSED OVER GLOBAL CHALLENGES POSED BY ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING

AND ORGANIZED CRIME, AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE

India Says Heroin Stocks in Afghanistan Would Be Released When Market Is Ripe

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