Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

32^nd Meeting (PM)

SOCIAL COMMITTEE HEARS FROM COUNTRIES HOSTING REFUGEE POPULATIONS

OF EFFORTS AT REPATRIATION, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

More Aid from International Community, Regional

Organizations Called For; Also Strengthened Role for UNHCR

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Keynote Address

“The Development Dimensions of Crisis

 and Post-Conflict Management”

INCREASED FUNDING, IMMEDIATE ACTION VITAL FOR POST-CONFLICT

DEVELOPMENT, AGENCY CHIEF TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES HIGH-LEVEL PANEL TO STUDY GLOBAL SECURITY THREATS,

AND RECOMMEND NECESSARY CHANGES

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Anand Panyarachun, former Prime Minister of Thailand, to chair the High-level Panel on global security threats and reform of the international system, which he had announced in his speech to the General Assembly on 23 September.

THOUSANDS DISPLACED AS NEW FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN CONGOLESE

MILITIA AND RWANDAN REBEL GROUP

NEW YORK, 4 November (OCHA) -- Fighting that erupted on Friday between the Mayi-Mayi militia and a Rwandan rebel group in South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, has resulted in the displacement of thousands of civilians.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ESTABLISHES TEAM TO INVESTIGATE RESPONSIBILITIES,

DECISION-MAKING PRIOR TO ATTACK ON UN BAGHDAD HEADQUARTERS

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

The Secretary-General is giving close attention to the Report of the Independent Panel on the Safety and Security of United Nations Personnel in Iraq, headed by Maarti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

NECESSARY MEASURES TO PROTECT UNITED NATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN

WORKERS ARE URGED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE

Text Is among Four Approved from Law Commission Report; Others Address

Teaching of International Law, Jurisdictional Immunities, Global Economic Order

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE TO UN GROUP ON SECURITY IN CENTRAL AFRICA;

ENCOURAGING PROGRESS NOTED, BUT PEACE PROCESSES ‘STILL FRAGILE’

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

52^nd & 53^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

UGANDAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR TRANSFORMATION OF COMMODITY-DEPENDENT COUNTRIES

IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Assembly Also Hears from IAEA Director General;

Adopts Resolutions on Sport for Peace and Development

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD EXAMINES IMPACT

OF DRUGS, CRIME AND VIOLENCE AT COMMUNITY LEVEL

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

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

HIGH COMMISSIONER STRESSES NEED TO FIND DURABLE SOLUTIONS, ENSURE HUMAN SECURITY,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS REFUGEE DISCUSSION