Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC MARGINALIZATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

AMONG ISSUES RAISED BY NATIONAL LEADERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ONE INDIVIDUAL AND TWO ENTITIES

 

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 28 September 2004 approved the addition of one individual and two entities to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

Individual

Secretary-General concerned over killings on UN agency premises

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council

5044^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council adopts annual report to General Assembly

 

for period 1 August 2003 – 31 July 2004

The Security Council, this morning, adopted its annual report to the General Assembly for the period 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004.

The annual report to the General Assembly, which is required by Article 24, paragraph 3 of the United Nations Charter, was adopted as corrected. 

Secretary-General’s message to memorial for ex-UNITAR chief

The following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to a memorial ceremony in honour of Chief Simeon Ola Adebo in Lagos today, 28 September 2004, as delivered by Marcel Boisard, Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR):

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5045^th Meeting (AM)

Preparations for 9 October Afghanistan elections on track, peacekeeping

 

Under-Secretary-General tells Security Council

 

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VISITING SUDAN

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 27 September (UN Information Service) -- Yakin Ertürk, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, issued the following statement today:

BIRD FLU EPIDEMIC WILL CONTINUE TO DEMAND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’S

ATTENTION, AGENCIES SAY IN JOINT STATEMENT

 

Recent Outbreaks in Asian Countries

Show Virus Will Probably Not Be Eradicated in Near Future

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council Press Statement on Côte d’Ivoire

 

The following Security Council press statement on Côte d’Ivoire was delivered today by President Juan Antonio Yañez-Barnuevo (Spain):

FAO responds to devastation wrought by natural disasters in Caribbean, South Asia

Emergency Assistance Urgently Needed in Hurricane-, Flood-Affected Countries

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 27 September (FAO) -- As natural disasters continue to plague the Caribbean and South Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is working to provide emergency assistance to hurricane and flood victims in the worst-affected countries.