Fifty-ninth General Assembly                               

Secretary-General Deplores action leading to death

 

of Chief of Staff of Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE DEBATES REFORM OF JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

Emphasizing the great importance of the Joint Inspection Unit as the sole external system-wide oversight body of the Organization, many speakers in the Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth) this morning said it was time to take a decision on the review of the statute and working methods of the Unit.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

GOVERNMENTS REAFFIRM CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY TO SOCIETY,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY URGED TO BOOST AID TO LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,

SMALL ISLAND STATES AS SECOND COMMITTEE ENDS GENERAL DEBATE

High Transport Costs, Lack of Sea Access,

Remoteness, Natural Disasters Blamed for Increasing Marginalization

(Issued on 7 October 2004.)

On 6 October 2004, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided to update the “First Name” and “Date of Birth” fields for the following individual who is included on the list of persons subject to the travel restrictions imposed by paragraph 4 (a) of resolution 1521 (2003) (the Travel Ban List):  Mr. James “Coco” Dennis  

Fifty-ninth General Assembly                               

IMPROVE CHAIN OF INFORMATION, DECISION-MAKING IN PREPARING FOR RECURRING

HAZARDS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN DISASTER REDUCTION DAY MESSAGE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for Disaster Reduction to be observed on 13 October 2004:

Round-up of Session

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF EXAMINES SUBMISSION OF BRAZIL

(Delayed in transmission.)

Secretary-General, addressing Security Council, describes lessons learned

from UN’s work rebuilding rule of law in societies shattered by conflict

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s introductory statement at the Security Council meeting on “The Rule of Law and Transitional Justice in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies”, in New York, 6 October:

I warmly welcome the convening of this open debate.