Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

98^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDS SENEGAL TO LIST OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DECIDES

TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING DECADE TO ROLL BACK MALARIA IN AFRICA

Also Adopts 25 Budget Committee Recommendations on Procurement Reform,

Peacekeeping Financing, Criminal Tribunals, Gratis Personnel, among Others

Background Release

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT HEADQUARTERS, 16 - 27 APRIL;

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SPEAKS TO SWISS PARLIAMENT COMMITTEES

ON UNITED NATIONS OF TODAY AND OF TOMORROW

Following is a translation from French of the text of an address given in Bern, Switzerland, on 3 April by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette, to joint hearings on membership in the United Nations organized by the foreign policy committees of the Swiss Parliament:

The Secretary-General arrived in Amsterdam on 4 April.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS BENEFITS OF SPACE EXPLORATION

SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO PRIVILEGED FEW

Following is a text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight and the twentieth anniversary of the launch of the first United States space shuttle (12 April 2001):

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF SHARM EL SHEIKH UNDERSTANDINGS

AND END TO MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the escalation of Israeli-Palestinian violence:

Committee on Charter

and United Nations Role

238^th Meeting (PM)

GOVERNMENTS STRESS NEED TO MINIMIZE IMPACT OF SANCTIONS ON THIRD STATES,

AS CHARTER COMMITTEE APPROVES PART OF REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization approved the first part of its report to the General Assembly this afternoon, as orally amended. 

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Disarmament Commission

2001 Substantive Session

245^th Meeting (AM)

CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES IN CONVENTIONAL ARMS ADDRESSED,

AS DISARMAMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DISCUSSION

The Disarmament Commission concluded its general exchange of views for its current substantive session this afternoon, with speakers addressing, among other issues, the various ways of building confidence among States in conventional arms.