Press Release

CURRENT NET FLOW OF RESOURCES FROM DEVELOPING WORLD TO OTHER COUNTRIES

MUST BE REVERSED, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the High-Level Dialogue of the General Assembly on Financing for Development, 30 October:

INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES DISCUSSED AS SECRETARY-GENERAL HOSTS LUNCHEON

FOR HEADS OF UNITED NATIONS PRINCIPAL ORGANS

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the meeting of the heads of the Principal Organs of the United Nations held on 29 October:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

28^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT,

WOMEN’S ISSUES, DISABLED PERSONS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, CRIME PREVENTION

AREA UNDER OPIUM POPPY CULTIVATION IN AFGHANISTAN

INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT, UN SAYS

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 29 October (UN Information Service) -- The Afghanistan Opium Survey for 2003, conducted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), for the first time jointly with the Afghanistan Government, confirms the country’s place as the leading producer of opium, responsible for about three quarters of the world’s output.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

Ministerial Round Table 5

BOLD ACTION REQUIRED REGARDING DEBT RELIEF, TRADE REFORM, ACCESS TO RESOURCES,

ACCORDING TO PARTICIPANTS IN DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ROUND TABLE

GLOBAL COMMUNITY MUST BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH BOTH ‘HARD’, ‘SOFT’ THREATS,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS

Following are the remarks delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Peace and Security Funders Group today:

It is a pleasure to welcome you to United Nations Headquarters.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

Ministerial Round Table 3

PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING COHERENCE, CONSISTENCY IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL,

TRADING SYSTEMS MIXED, ACCORDING TO SPEAKERS IN HIGH-LEVEL ROUND TABLE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

Ministerial Round Table 4

ROUND TABLE PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS WHETHER CURRENT GLOBAL MONETARY,

FINANCIAL, TRADING SYSTEMS CONDUCIVE TO DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

Ministerial Round Table 7

SERIOUS DOUBTS OVER ACHIEVEMENT OF INTERNATIONALLY AGREED DEVELOPMENT TARGETS,

UNLESS DEVELOPED NATIONS INCREASE EFFORTS, ROUND TABLE TOLD

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

Ministerial Round Table 2

RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES, MARKET ACCESS,

AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ROUND TABLE