Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE REACHES CONSENSUS ON NEW TEXT SUPPORTING EFFORTS

TOWARDS POLITICAL SOLUTION OF DISPUTE OVER WESTERN SAHARA

European Union, Morocco, Algeria Commend Action, Taken Without

Vote; Debate Begins on Comprehensive Review of UN Peacekeeping Operations

UNITED NATIONS OVERSIGHT OFFICE REPORTS POTENTIAL SAVINGS

OF $37 MILLION IDENTIFIED IN WORK OF ORGANIZATION

Annual Survey for 12 Months from 1 July 2002 Describes

Impact on Accountability, Efficiency and Quality of Management

Background Release

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD 79TH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 20 OCTOBER TO 7 NOVEMBER

Experts to Review Situation in Philippines,

Russian Federation, Equatorial Guinea, Latvia, Sri Lanka

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4845^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE TO HELP

INCREASE MEANS AVAILABLE TO STATES TO COMBAT TERRORISM

Committee Chair Briefs Council,

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

10^th Meeting (PM)

DISARMAMENT ‘DOUBLE STANDARDS’, SMALL ARMS THREAT AMONG ISSUES RAISED,

AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

DPI TO HOST INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR ON PEACE

IN MIDDLE EAST IN SEVILLE, 21-22 OCTOBER

Focus to be on ‘Two-State Solution’

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

34^th & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

BOLD ACTION BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS REQUIRED TO MOVE IMPLEMENTATION OF AFRICAN

DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FORWARD, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT DEATH OF MOKTAR OULD DADDAH,

FIRST PRESIDENT OF MAURITANIA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PEOPLE OF CHINA ON SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION

OF FIRST MANNED SPACE MISSION

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the conclusion of China’s first manned space flight:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES WORLD FOOD PRIZE WINNER CATHERINE BERTINI,

IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO SYMPOSIUM IN DES MOINES, IOWA

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the World Food Prize Symposium, held in Des Moines, Iowa, 16 October:

I add my voice to yours, on this World Food Day, in congratulating Catherine Bertini on winning this year’s World Food Prize.  She fully deserves it.