Press Release

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

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE DELEGATES VOICE SUPPORT FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES,

CITING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY RECOVERED

Audits, Inspections, Investigations Address Management

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Madrid yesterday, 22 October, after an overnight flight from Pittsburgh, and was greeted at the airport by the Foreign Minister of Spain, Ana Palacio.

SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASIZES NEED FOR FLEXIBLE MULTILATERAL

ARCHITECTURE AT ANNUAL UN PRESS CORPS DINNER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual dinner of the United Nations Correspondents’ Association, delivered by Mrs. Nane Annan, in New York on 22 October:

Thank you, Tony [Jenkins], and congratulations to all the winners.

Dear friends,

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

13^th Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ENDORSING WORK OF OUTER SPACE COMMITTEE,

URGING FULL SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 1999 VIENNA SPACE CONFERENCE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion on “Microcredit, Poverty

 Eradication and the Empowerment of Women”

SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION HEARS EXPERTS UNDERLINE IMPORTANT ROLE

OF MICROCREDIT IN RAISING HOUSING INCOMES, BOOSTING LIVING STANDARDS

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ADDRESSES MADRID DONOR CONFERENCE ON IRAQ