MORE AFRICAN COUNTRIES BACK LEAD-FREE PETROL

NAIROBI, 17 October (UN Environment Programme) -- An international effort to phase lead out of petrol in Africa is gathering pace as more and more countries develop and implement action plans for switching to unleaded gasoline.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

36^th Meeting (PM)

‘WIDELY DIVERGENT’ VIEWS EMERGE DURING GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S DEBATE

ON REPORT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Urging Reform, Speakers Call for Equitable Representation to Reflect

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD CONCERTED GLOBAL ACTION IS ONLY WAY TO DEFEAT

TERRORISM; COMPLETION OF NEW CONVENTIONS URGED

DPI TO HOST INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR ON PEACE

IN MIDDLE EAST IN SEVILLE, 21-22 OCTOBER

Focus to be on ‘Two-State Solution’

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

34^th & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

BOLD ACTION BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS REQUIRED TO MOVE IMPLEMENTATION OF AFRICAN

DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FORWARD, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT DEATH OF MOKTAR OULD DADDAH,

FIRST PRESIDENT OF MAURITANIA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PEOPLE OF CHINA ON SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION

OF FIRST MANNED SPACE MISSION

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the conclusion of China’s first manned space flight:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES WORLD FOOD PRIZE WINNER CATHERINE BERTINI,

IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO SYMPOSIUM IN DES MOINES, IOWA

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the World Food Prize Symposium, held in Des Moines, Iowa, 16 October:

I add my voice to yours, on this World Food Day, in congratulating Catherine Bertini on winning this year’s World Food Prize.  She fully deserves it. 

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST UNITE TO ADDRESS ALL EXTREMISM,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TO ISLAMIC SUMMIT IN KUALA LUMPUR

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the tenth Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, delivered today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan:

Security Council

4844^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, ACTING UNANIMOUSLY, CALLS FOR POWER TO BE RETURNED

TO IRAQI PEOPLE ‘AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE’

Resolves UN Should Strengthen ‘Vital Role’ in Country,

Invites Timetable by 15 December for Drafting Constitution, Holding Elections