Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion on “Microcredit, Poverty

 Eradication and the Empowerment of Women”

SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION HEARS EXPERTS UNDERLINE IMPORTANT ROLE

OF MICROCREDIT IN RAISING HOUSING INCOMES, BOOSTING LIVING STANDARDS

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ADDRESSES MADRID DONOR CONFERENCE ON IRAQ

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

COUNTRIES NOT YET PARTY TO DOCUMENTS ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ARE URGED

TO RATIFY, ACCEDE TO GOVERNING STATUTE

Legal Committee Also Seeks Relationship Agreement Between

Court and United Nations; Text Received on Effects of Sanctions on Third States

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

TWENTY DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE; EFFECTIVE CONTROL OVER ARMS

TRANSFERS, ENHANCED COMMITTEE ROLE IN SECURITY AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO DONORS TO ‘GIVE GENEROUSLY’ FOR IRAQ’S

RECONSTRUCTION, IN ADDRESS TO MADRID CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the International Conference on Reconstruction in Iraq, as delivered today in Madrid:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

42nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS ALGERIA, BENIN, BRAZIL, PHILIPPINES, ROMANIA

TO TWO-YEAR TERMS ON SECURITY COUNCIL, BEGINNING 1 JANUARY 2004

Also Continues Discussion of Global Road Safety, Follow-Up to Major UN Conferences

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY MUST HELP BRIDGE DIGITAL DIVIDE BETWEEN

TECHNOLOGY HAVES AND HAVE-NOTS, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

Information Revolution Linked to Freedom, Transparency,

Says Under-Secretary-General for Communication and Public Information

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

23^rd Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 7 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON TRANSNATIONAL CRIME, DRUG CONTROL,

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF INDIGENOUS ISSUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE DELEGATES VOICE SUPPORT FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES,

CITING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY RECOVERED

Audits, Inspections, Investigations Address Management

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Madrid yesterday, 22 October, after an overnight flight from Pittsburgh, and was greeted at the airport by the Foreign Minister of Spain, Ana Palacio.