Press Release

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

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

COUNTRIES NOT YET PARTY TO DOCUMENTS ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ARE URGED

TO RATIFY, ACCEDE TO GOVERNING STATUTE

Legal Committee Also Seeks Relationship Agreement Between

Court and United Nations; Text Received on Effects of Sanctions on Third States

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

TWENTY DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE; EFFECTIVE CONTROL OVER ARMS

TRANSFERS, ENHANCED COMMITTEE ROLE IN SECURITY AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO DONORS TO ‘GIVE GENEROUSLY’ FOR IRAQ’S

RECONSTRUCTION, IN ADDRESS TO MADRID CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the International Conference on Reconstruction in Iraq, as delivered today in Madrid:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

18^th & 19^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY

TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS OF EXTERNAL DEBT, SECOND COMMITTTEE TOLD

They Must Also Take Urgent Measures to Review Their Policies, Speakers Stress

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO ENSURE EARLY IMPLEMENTATION

OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF INDEPENDENT PANEL ON STAFF SECURITY IN IRAQ

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the report of the independent panel on the safety and security of United Nations personnel in Iraq:

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

40^th & 41^st Meetings (AM & PM)

ENHANCING FOLLOW-UP TO MAJOR GLOBAL CONFERENCES, ROLE OF PARTNERSHIPS IN ACHIEVING

DEVELOPMENT TARGETS, AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

GOALS OF ROAD MAP REMAIN ONLY VIABLE PATHS TO PEACE,

UN COORDINATOR TELLS MIDDLE EAST SEMINAR

(Received from a UN Information Officer)

SEVILLE, 22 October -- The second day of the international media seminar on the question of peace in the Middle East, now taking place in Seville, Spain, reaffirmed the usefulness of dialogue and mutual understanding among the parties to the conflict in the region.