PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for October:

Security Council

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

17^th & 18^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEARS CALLS FOR MULTILATERAL APPROACH AS MOST EFFECTIVE

WAY TO COMBAT TERRORISM, ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this morning, in an organizational meeting, elected officers and adopted its programme of work and agenda for the fifty-eighth session.

WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS CALLS FOR HARMONIZING NEEDS OF PEOPLE, PLANET

Food and Agriculture Organization to Ensure Follow-up Report on Implementation

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4834^th Meeting (AM)

FOLLOWING GUINEA-BISSAU COUP D’ETAT, TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS CREATED

AIMED AT ELECTED GOVERNMENT WITHIN 18 MONTHS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

CAN DAMS MEET HUMAN NEEDS AND BE ECO-FRIENDLY? STAKEHOLDERS SEEK SOLUTIONS

THROUGH UNEP-SPONSORED DIALOGUE

(Delayed in transmission; reissued as received.)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE ELECTS THREE OFFICERS BY ACCLAMATION, DEFERS ELECTION

OF THIRD VICE-CHAIRPERSON TO LATER DATE

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected two Vice-Chairpersons and a Rapporteur this afternoon during its organizational meeting for the fifty-eighth General Assembly session.