Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

6^th Meeting (PM)

PERSISTENT ‘GAPS, CONTRADICTIONS’ BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT RHETORIC, REALITY

OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Resource Mobilization, Private Sector Participation,

Equitable Trade System, Seen as Crucial to Meeting Development Goals

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)  

SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE CALL FOR ABOLITION

OF TRADE PROTECTIONISM

The multilateral trading system should be adjusted and reformed in order to be more open, equitable and non-discriminatory, the representative of Slovakia told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this morning as it continued its general debate.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

15^th Meeting (PM)

TERRORISM REQUIRES RESPONSE FOUNDED ON INCLUSION, FAIRNESS, LEGITIMACY,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD, AS DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

14^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS CALL FOR COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON TERRORISM,

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TREATY CONCLUDE

THIRD PREPARATORY COMMITTEE MEETING

(Reissued as received.)

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PERU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on iformation received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Oswaldo de Rivero, the new Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations, presented his credentials to the Secretary-General today.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING ASSEMBLY ON TERRORISM, CALLS FOR `IMMEDIATE,

FAR-REACHING CHANGES’ IN UN RESPONSE TO TERROR

      Following is the text of the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly on 1 October:

‘WE ARE UNITED IN HELPING THE CITY IN ITS HOUR OF NEED’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN WELCOMING NEW YORK MAYOR TO UNITED NATIONS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on welcoming New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to the United Nations:

It is a pleasure to welcome you, Mayor Giuliani, to United Nations Headquarters.  Our home is your home. 

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for October:

Security Council

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN OCTOBER 2001

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in October, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month: