MULTILATERALISM CRUCIAL IN ‘AGE OF PROBLEMS WITHOUT PASSPORTS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered to the luncheon of African-American civil society leaders, held at Headquarters today:

TRADE ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE ECONOMIC WOES, SAYS UNCTAD SECRETARY-GENERAL

Trade and Development Board to Debate Interdependence, Market Access, Africa

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT 40^TH ANNIVERSARY SEMINAR, RECALLS GUIDING WORDS FOR UN

OF POPE JOHN XXIII IN PAPAL ENCYCLICAL ‘PACEM IN TERRIS’

This is the text of the opening address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a seminar in New York City today to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Papal Encyclical, “Pacem in Terris”.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

25^th & 26^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL WILL REQUIRED TO REORIENT UNITED NATIONS AND ACHIEVE

DEVELOPMENT TARGETS, SPEAKERS TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

‘CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE’ IN COLLECTIVE SECURITY, DIVERSION OF SCARCE RESOURCES

TO ARMS AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD OF INITIATIVES ON GLOBAL TRADE RULES

UNCITRAL Chairman Reviews Work on Standards for Infrastructure

Projects, Sustainable Development, Insolvency Law and in Other Areas

UNITED NATIONS, MORE THAN EVER, NEEDS STRONG, COHERENT DEVELOPMENT VOICE

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEETING OF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the global resident representatives meeting in Tarrytown, New York, on 6 October:

It is hard to believe that it has been almost four years since the last global meeting of resident representatives.

AFGHAN FARMERS TO BENEFIT FROM $6 MILLION PROJECT

TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL LIVELIHOODS, SAYS FAO

ROME, 6 October (FAO) -- More than 430,000 farmers in the mountains of the Hazarajat, one of the poorest regions of Afghanistan, will receive assistance over the next four years through a major development project, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement today.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

23^rd & 24^th Meeting (AM & PM)

REFORM OF UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM CRUCIAL

TO ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Assembly Also Extends Term of High Commissioner

For Refugees Ruud Lubbers until 31 December 2005

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS HAIFA SUICIDE BOMBING,

URGES ALL PARTIES TO SHOW UTMOST RESTRAINT

Following is a statement issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 4 October: