Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Beijing on Saturday evening, 9 October, for a visit that coincided with the celebration of the fifty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UN's presence in that country.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

9^th Meeting (PM)

Disarmament committee concludes general debate

 

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this afternoon heard the final speaker in its general debate, which began on 4 October.

CÔTE D’IVOIRE FACES RISE IN POLIO

 

(Issued on 15 October 2004)

Secretary-General, noting next year’s review of Millennium

 

Development Goals, urges stronger efforts to meet them

 

Ongoing Crises in Sudan, and Urgent Need for Greater Help,

Also Stressed in Wide-Ranging Dublin Address to National Forum on Europe

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Dublin today to the National Forum on Europe:

Security Council

5057^th Meeting (Night)

Security Council forwards to General Assembly list of 22 candidates

for judges of Former Yugoslavia Tribunal

 

Having considered the nominations for permanent judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the Security Council this afternoon forwarded a list of 22 candidates to the General Assembly.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

 

LEGAL COMMITTEE SPEAKERS LAUD START OF JUDICIAL FUNCTIONING

of international criminal court; growing adherence noted

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

30^th & 31^st Meetings (AM & PM)

REAFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, SPEAKERS IN GENERAL

UN constant partner, ally of women in work for equal rights,

says Deputy Secretary-General at Headquarters observance

 

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, in New York, 13 October:

Thank you.  I am delighted to be with you for this special anniversary.

Committee on Relations

 with Host Country

222^nd Meeting (AM)

Committee on Relations

 with Host Country

222^nd Meeting (AM)