Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY CÔTE D’IVOIRE DEVELOPMENTS,

URGES PARTIES TO SEEK SOLUTION THROUGH DIALOGUE

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

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

21^st & 22^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES ANNUAL HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE -- NEED FOR JOINT ACTION

STRESSED CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT, IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION, WEAPONS PROLIFERATION

During Two-week Session, 189 Speakers Heard, Including 77 Heads of State

And Government, 4 Vice-Presidents, 94 Deputy Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers

UNCTAD REPORT SHOWS GLOBAL SLOWDOWN HAVING

VERY UNEVEN IMPACT ON DEVELOPING WORLD

(Reissued as received.)

CONSENSUS REACHED ON UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

High-Level Signing Conference Planned for December in Mérida, Mexico

(Reissued as received.)

DEVELOPMENT RECORD OF MARKET-DRIVEN GLOBALIZATION POINTS TO URGENT NEED

FOR POLICY RETHINK, UNCTAD STUDY CONCLUDES

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY CONCLUDES VISIT TO MYANMAR;

CONFIRMS DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI WELL, IN GOOD SPIRITS

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

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME BRINGS AID TO BURUNDI CIVILIANS

DISPLACED IN CLASHES BETWEEN REBEL GROUPS

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

19^th & 20^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ADDRESSING SIGNIFICANT THREATS FACING SMALL ISLAND STATES CRITICAL TO ACHIEVING

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION

OF NEGOTIATIONS ON UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

NEW INTERNATIONAL COCOA AGREEMENT ENTERS INTO FORCE

(Reissued as received.)