NO READY-MADE, ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES OF GOVERNANCE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GLOBAL FORUM ON REINVENTING GOVERNMENT

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth Global Forum on Reinventing Government, delivered by José Antonio Ocampo, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mexico City, 3 to 7 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 2 NOVEMBER BURUNDI AGREEMENT

AIMED AT SETTLING POLITICAL, POWER-SHARING ISSUES

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

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE, CONTINUING WORK ON LAW COMMISSION REPORT, CONSIDERS

SHARED NATURAL RESOURCES, FRAGMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Draft Texts Presented on Measures against Terrorism, Legal

Protection of UN and Related Personnel, Jurisdictional Immunities of States

DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEPENDENCE ON COMMODITIES MUST BE ADDRESSED FOR ANY CHANCE

AT MEETING ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks to the General Assembly on commodities and development in New York on 3 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR PUBLIC SECTOR TO STRIVE

CONSTANTLY TO IMPROVE CAPACITY FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE

Message to Audience of 8,000 at UN Global Forum in Mexico City

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE TO UN GROUP ON SECURITY IN CENTRAL AFRICA;

ENCOURAGING PROGRESS NOTED, BUT PEACE PROCESSES ‘STILL FRAGILE’

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

52^nd & 53^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

UGANDAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR TRANSFORMATION OF COMMODITY-DEPENDENT COUNTRIES

IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Assembly Also Hears from IAEA Director General;

Adopts Resolutions on Sport for Peace and Development

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD EXAMINES IMPACT

OF DRUGS, CRIME AND VIOLENCE AT COMMUNITY LEVEL

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

30^th & 31^st Meetings (AM & PM)

HIGH COMMISSIONER STRESSES NEED TO FIND DURABLE SOLUTIONS, ENSURE HUMAN SECURITY,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS REFUGEE DISCUSSION

GOVERNMENT USE OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES SPREADING

WIDELY BUT UNEVENLY, SAYS UNITED NATIONS REPORT