Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

In time of challenge, public information critical to maintaining support

for UN mandates, Under-Secretary-General tells Fourth Committee

Despite Budgetary Constraints, Efforts Being Made to Sharpen

Focus, Seek New Advances, Use New Technologies, Engage Civil Society

(Issued on 20 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

11^th Meeting (PM)

Fourth committee approves draft text on western sahara,

 

With 89 abstentions as efforts to reach consensus fail

 

Morocco, Algeria Differ on Approach; Texts Also Approved

On New Caledonia, Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Atomic Radiation

Maintaining biodiversity for food security must be global priority,

says Deputy Secretary-General in World Food Day remarks

 

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks on World Food Day in New York, 18 October:

‘I believe we can build a better United Nations’,

 

Secretary-General says in message for UN Day

 

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for United Nations Day, 24 October 2004:

Today is United Nations Day.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

ASSESSMENT SCALE, BOARD OF AUDITORS REPORTS ON UN FUNDS,

PROGRAMMES TAKEN UP IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

(Issued on 20 October 2004.)

Full Integration of Development, Outer-Space Agendas

 

to be discussed at HQ Panel 19 October

 

General Assembly Resolution Will Pave Way for Use

Of Outer-Space Technologies in Achieving Millennium Development Goals

(Reissued as received.)

Achieving Millennium Goals focus of Secretary-General’s meeting with UK Chancellor

The following statement was issued today in London by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

Terrorism never justified, legal committee is told,

but fight against it must conform to rule of law

Call for Strengthening of UN Mechanisms to Counter

Scourge; Delegates Report on International, Regional Efforts

(Issued on 19 October 2004.)

Secretary-General Congratulates Vienna International Centre on 25^th Anniversary

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Vienna International Centre, delivered in Vienna today by Antonio María Costa, Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna:

Secretary-General outlines key lessons for building peace

 

in war-torn societies, in lecture at University of Ulster

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Tip O’Neill Lecture, “Learning the lessons of peace-building”, delivered at Magee Campus, University of Ulster, United Kingdom, on 18 October: