INVESTMENT IN ADOLESCENTS’ REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CRITICAL TO FIGHTING

POVERTY AND HIV/AIDS, SAYS UNFPA REPORT

LONDON, 8 October (UNFPA) -- Meeting adolescents’ reproductive health needs is an urgent priority in the global fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS, emphasizes The State of World Population 2003 report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

TRUE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE NEEDED TO WIN FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Food Day, observed 16 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES GREEN CROSS FOUNDING PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

FOR LEADERSHIP, ‘TIRELESS WORK FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE’

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Green Cross International and Global Green USA, in New York on 7 October:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

4^th Meeting (PM)

DIFFERING VIEWS ON FUTURE OF GIBRALTAR ARE HEARD

BY ASSEMBLY’S DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE

Chief Minister Says Self-Determination, Not Sovereignty,

Is Issue; Debate Continues on Non-Self-Governing Territories

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO ENSURE SOCIAL JUSTICE, FURTHER

DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, IN MESSAGE TO CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON BOLIVIA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifteenth Consultative Group meeting on Bolivia, taking place in Paris from 8 to 9 October, delivered by Carlos Felipe Martinez, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bolivia:

GLOBAL COMPACT SEEKS SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETAL PROBLEMS, WHILE ENSURING GLOBALIZATION

WORKS FOR ALL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT U.S. BUSINESS COUNCIL DINNER

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the dinner hosted by the United StatesCouncil for International Business, in honour of Charles [Chad] Holliday, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dupont, in New York, on 7 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF AGREEMENT ON POWER-SHARING IN BURUNDI

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

RISE OF SUPERMARKETS ACROSS AFRICA THREATENS SMALL FARMERS

ROME, 8 October (FAO)-- Small farmers in Africa risk being swept out of agriculture by a wave of supermarket expansion unless they can participate in the new market, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Wednesday.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF REFORMING PROGRAMME OF WORK

AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Streamlined Agenda Needed in Tackling Major Challenge, Speakers Also Stress

Security Council

4837^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED ON ESTABLISHMENT OF WAR CRIMES CHAMBER

WITHIN STATE COURT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA