SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES WORLD BODY TO CONTINUE SERVING HUMANITY, CONFRONT GLOBAL

THREATS, CONSIDER FURTHER CHANGE, IN UNITED NATIONS DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on United Nations Day, 24 October:

These are difficult times, for the world and for the United Nations.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

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

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS EFFECTIVENESS OF MICROCREDIT AS SECOND COMMITTEE

TAKES UP IMPLEMENTATION OF DECADE FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY

Millions, Particularly Women, Lifted out of Extreme Poverty, Delegates Told

Security Council

4838^th Meeting (PM)

OFFICIALS OF TRIBUNALS FOR RWANDA, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL;

DESCRIBE STRATEGIES FOR CONCLUDING TRIALS BY 2008 DEADLINE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROBLEM OF SANCTIONS AFFECTING ‘THIRD STATES’,

POTENTIAL PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE

Report Received from Special Group on Charter; Observer

Status in General Assembly Recommended for Four Organizations

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF REFORMING PROGRAMME OF WORK

AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Streamlined Agenda Needed in Tackling Major Challenge, Speakers Also Stress

Security Council

4837^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED ON ESTABLISHMENT OF WAR CRIMES CHAMBER

WITHIN STATE COURT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE REVIEWS PROPOSALS TO INCREASE PROFITABILITY

OF REVENUE-PRODUCING ACTIVITIES BY UNITED NATIONS

Non-Payment of Assessed Dues also Considered; Exemptions

Suggested for 10 Member States Said to Face Financial Hardships

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

AFRICAN COUNTRIES STRESS NEGATIVE IMPACT OF CONFLICTS, POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, AIDS

ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON SOCIAL ISSUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

FIRST COMMITTEE, ‘CUSTODIAN’ OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT STRUCTURE,

MUST ENSURE INTEGRITY, RELEVANCE, DELEGATES TOLD

INVESTMENT IN ADOLESCENTS’ REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CRITICAL TO FIGHTING

POVERTY AND HIV/AIDS, SAYS UNFPA REPORT

LONDON, 8 October (UNFPA) -- Meeting adolescents’ reproductive health needs is an urgent priority in the global fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS, emphasizes The State of World Population 2003 report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.