Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION

Kazakhstan Delegate Warns of Negative Impact of Testing,

Joins Others in Supporting Work of UN Scientific Committee on Issue

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

STRESSING DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF GRAFT, DELEGATES IN SECOND COMMITTEE

WELCOME COMPLETION OF WORK ON CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

NON-PROLIFERATION OBLIGATIONS MARKED MORE OFTEN BY BREACH

THAN COMPLIANCE, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES KILLING OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS

IN ISRAELI INCURSION INTO GAZA STRIP

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General deplores the killing of Palestinian civilians during the Israeli incursion into Rafah in the Gaza Strip.  Two children were among those killed when the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) fired a missile into a crowded area.

UNCTAD GOVERNING BODY HEARS PLEAS FOR IMPROVING

PREFERENTIAL TRADE SCHEMES FOR LDCS

BUILDING AN INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE AGAINST HUNGER

FOCUS OF WORLD FOOD DAY, 16 OCTOBER

ROME, 10 October (Food and Agriculture Organization) -- Creating an International Alliance Against Hunger will be the core theme of this year's World Food Day on 16 October.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALL TO ADDRESS GLOBAL SOCIAL, ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

PROVIDING ‘BREEDING GROUND’ FOR ILLICIT DRUGS, TRANSNATIONAL CRIME

CHAIRMAN OF AL-QAIDA, TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE TO VISIT SELECTED COUNTRIES

IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1455 (2003)

The Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities will begin today a visit to selected countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. 

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

General Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF TWO ADDITIONAL

ITEMS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S AGENDA

Also Recommends Assembly Consider Draft Corruption Convention Directly in Plenary

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE HEARS SPECIFIC PROPOSALS ON WAYS TO AID

‘THIRD STATES’ AFFECTED BY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS

Debate Concluded on Report of Special Committee on UN Charter