SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DEADLY GAZA ATTACK ON DIPLOMATS

Following is a statement issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Briefing on “Prospects for Economic Growth

and Future of Development Cooperation”

WORLD NEEDS UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SECURITY COUNCIL,

SAYS NOBEL LAUREATE IN KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO SECOND COMMITTEE

Professor Calls for Increased

United Nations Role in International Financial Issues

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

11^th Meeting (PM)

SHORTFALL IN DEVELOPMENT AID, DEBT RELIEF THWARTING ECONOMIC GROWTH

IN DEVELOPING WORLD, DELEGATES TELL SECOND COMMITTEE

Huge Subsidies to Producers in Developed Countries Also to Blame, Speakers Say

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENDER EQUALITY, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PRESENT CONTINUING CHALLENGES,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DEBATE OPENS ON WOMEN’S ISSUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

REFORM OF UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS A REAL PROCESS WITH REAL BENEFITS,

UNDER-SECERTARY-GENERAL TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

Despite Misperceptions, Significant Expansion, Change Are Afoot, He Says

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

WORK MUST CONTINUE ON FRAMING CONVENTIONS AGAINST TERRORISM,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Some Delegates Say Definition Needed, with Clear Distinction

From Legitimate Rights of People to Resist Foreign Occupation

CHINA ‘SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF PROGRESS’ IN ELIMINATING IODINE DEFICIENCY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO BEIJING MEETING

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the high-level meeting on the elimination of iodine deficiency, as delivered today in Beijing by Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF):

UNDERWATER LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM DYING THROUGH IGNORANCE, UNEP SURVEY ASSERTS

First ‘World Atlas of Seagrasses’ Reveals Vital Role of Marine Meadows

LONDON/NAIROBI, 14 October (UNEP) - Manatees, dugongs and green sea turtles are just some of the growing list of already threatened species at risk from the destruction of ocean seagrass, a new report has revealed.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

32^nd & 33^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CRUCIAL FOR AFRICAN-LED DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE TO SUCCEED,

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON SCALE USED FOR UN CONTRIBUTIONS;

MANY SPEAKERS SAY CAPACITY TO PAY NOT ACCURATELY REFLECTED

Several Delegations, However, Object to Immediate

Reopening of Debate on 2000 Agreement on Assessment Scale