Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO CONTRIBUTIONS OF YOUTH,

ELDERLY, DISABLED PERSONS IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LACK OF DEVELOPMENT THWARTING CREATION OF DEMOCRACY, ECONOMIC WELL-BEING,

SAY SPEAKERS AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Delegates Stress Need for Responsible Servicing as Crippling Debt Is Deplored

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION WORSENS IN GREATER DARFUR REGION OF WESTERN SUDAN

(Reissued as received.)

MULTILATERALISM CRUCIAL IN ‘AGE OF PROBLEMS WITHOUT PASSPORTS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered to the luncheon of African-American civil society leaders, held at Headquarters today:

TRADE ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE ECONOMIC WOES, SAYS UNCTAD SECRETARY-GENERAL

Trade and Development Board to Debate Interdependence, Market Access, Africa

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT 40^TH ANNIVERSARY SEMINAR, RECALLS GUIDING WORDS FOR UN

OF POPE JOHN XXIII IN PAPAL ENCYCLICAL ‘PACEM IN TERRIS’

This is the text of the opening address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a seminar in New York City today to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Papal Encyclical, “Pacem in Terris”.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

25^th & 26^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL WILL REQUIRED TO REORIENT UNITED NATIONS AND ACHIEVE

DEVELOPMENT TARGETS, SPEAKERS TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS CALL FOR GREATER EFFORTS BY ADMINISTERING POWERS

TO HELP REMAINING TERRITORIES ACHIEVE SELF-DETERMINATION

AFGHAN FARMERS TO BENEFIT FROM $6 MILLION PROJECT

TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL LIVELIHOODS, SAYS FAO

ROME, 6 October (FAO) -- More than 430,000 farmers in the mountains of the Hazarajat, one of the poorest regions of Afghanistan, will receive assistance over the next four years through a major development project, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement today.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

23^rd & 24^th Meeting (AM & PM)

REFORM OF UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM CRUCIAL

TO ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Assembly Also Extends Term of High Commissioner

For Refugees Ruud Lubbers until 31 December 2005