Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

Open-Ended Panel on Commodities

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PANEL HEARS CALL FOR ENHANCED, EQUITABLE, PREDICTABLE

MARKET ACCESS FOR KEY COMMODITIES FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME ANNOUNCES 2003 SASAKAWA ENVIRONMENT PRIZE WINNERS

NAIROBI, 27 October (UNEP) -- Xie Zhenhua of China, who has worked tirelessly to steer the world's most populous country and fastest growing economy on an environmentally friendly path, is co-winner of this year's prestigious United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Sasakawa Environment prize.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

IMPACT OF STATE DISPUTES ON ARMS RACE, NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AMONG ISSUES

ADDRESSED, AS SEVEN MORE DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO IGAD SUMMIT, LAUDS SUDAN PEACE PROCESS,

EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER SOMALIA HOSTILITIES

The following is the text of the Secretary-General’s message to the tenth summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) held in Kampala, Uganda, on 24-25 October and delivered by Mohamed Sahnoun, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES IN SECOND COMMITTEE SAY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MUST PLAY GREATER ROLE

IN DECISIONS OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL, MONETARY, TRADE INSTITUTIONS

Security Council

4848^th Meeting* (PM)

AS FINAL STAGES OF AFGHANISTAN PEACE PROCESS PROCEED, MANY FUNDAMENTAL

CAUSES OF INSECURITY REMAIN, PEACEKEEPING HEAD TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno Says Success of Disarmament,

Electoral Registration Dependent on Improvement of Security Conditions

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

24^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSS OLD, NEW FORMS OF RACISM,

IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO END DISCRIMINATION

Also Hears Introduction of Draft Resolutions on Advancement of Women

YOKOHAMA YOUNGSTERS BRINGING HOPES, DREAMS, AND YEN FOR PEACE TO UN

IN INCREASINGLY HIGH-RISK ENVIRONMENT, NO MORE SERIOUS DUTY THAN TO PROTECT STAFF,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT UNVEILING OF HEADQUARTERS MEMORIAL

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the unveiling of the memorial to the fallen, New York, 24 October:

I’m sure we are all profoundly moved by the solemn beauty and dignity of this place of remembrance.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN UN DAY MESSAGE, SAYS ORGANIZATION

MUST OVERCOME CHALLENGES, TRAGEDY, CONTINUE ESSENTIAL WORK

Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Julian R. Hunte (Saint Lucia), on the occasion of United Nations Day, 24 October: