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20 October 2003

SG/SM/8951

WORLD THAT DOES NOT OFFER FAIR CHANCE TO ALL ‘WILL BE NEITHER PROSPEROUS, NOR PEACEFUL’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO 29TH PIO MANZU CONFERENCE

20/10/2003

Press Release
SG/SM/8951

WORLD THAT DOES NOT OFFER FAIR CHANCE TO ALL ‘WILL BE NEITHER PROSPEROUS,

NOR PEACEFUL’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO 29^TH PIO MANZU CONFERENCE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-ninth Pio Manzù international conference in Rimini, Italy, delivered on 19 October by Giandomenico Picco, Special Adviser and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Dialogue among Civilizations:

20 October 2003

GA/10176

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REVIEWS WORK OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, BEGINS DEBATE ON STRENGTHENING UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

20/10/2003

Press Release
GA/10176

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

37^th Meeting (AM)

20 October 2003

GA/L/3235

LEGAL COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

20/10/2003

Press Release
GA/L/3235

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Delegates Urge Mandate for Secretary-General; Debate on

Terrorism Concluded, Implications of Human Cloning Taken Up

20 October 2003

ENV/DEV/741-UNEP/175

UN ENVIRONMENT CHIEF CHALLENGES WORLD'S FINANCIERS

20/10/2003

Press Release
ENV/DEV/741
UNEP/175

UN ENVIRONMENT CHIEF CHALLENGES WORLD'S FINANCIERS

UNEP Launches New Initiative to Shift Investment to Sustainable Energy

20 October 2003

GA/EF/3047

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OF SMALL ISLAND STATES HURT BY SHORTFALL IN INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, SPEAKERS TELL SECOND COMMITTEE

20/10/03

Press Release
GA/EF/3047

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

15^th & 16^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OF SMALL ISLAND STATES HURT BY SHORTFALL IN

INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, SPEAKERS TELL SECOND COMMITTEE

Some Projects Increase Vulnerability, Say Speakers, Urging New Consensus

20 October 2003

AFR/734-IHA/809

UN UNDERTAKES FIRST HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO VOINJAMA, LIBERIA, IN FOUR YEARS

20/10/2003

Press Release
AFR/734
IHA/809

UN UNDERTAKES FIRST HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO VOINJAMA, LIBERIA, IN FOUR YEARS

20 October 2003

GA/SHC/3747

SITUATION OF WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN REMAINS ‘GRAVE AND UNACCEPTABLE’, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

20/10/2003

Press Release
GA/SHC/3747

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

17^th & 18^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SITUATION OF WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN REMAINS ‘GRAVE AND UNACCEPTABLE’,

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

20 October 2003

GA/10177

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY EMERGENCY SESSION CONDEMN ISRAEL’S CONSTRUCTION OF ‘SECURITY BARRIER’, EXPANSIONIST POLICIES

20/10/2003

Press Release
GA/10177

General Assembly Plenary

Tenth Emergency Special Session

21^st Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY EMERGENCY SESSION CONDEMN ISRAEL’S CONSTRUCTION

OF ‘SECURITY BARRIER’, EXPANSIONIST POLICIES

20 October 2003

AFR/733-SAG/172

FAO ISSUES DESERT LOCUST ALERT

20/10/2003

Press Release
AFR/733
SAG/172

FAO ISSUES DESERT LOCUST ALERT

Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Neighbouring Countries at Risk

ROME, 20 October (FAO) -- Desert locust outbreaks in Mauritania, the Niger and the Sudan may locally threaten crops, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday, issuing an alert to inform affected governments and the international donor community.