Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

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

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEARS CALLS FOR MULTILATERAL APPROACH AS MOST EFFECTIVE

WAY TO COMBAT TERRORISM, ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT

AT FRANCOPHONES’ DINNER, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR CULTIVATION OF THINGS

‘THAT BRING US TOGETHER’ –- PEACE, JUSTICE, SOLIDARITY

Following is the text of the Secretary-General’s toast at the francophones’ dinner on 25 September (translated from French):

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN OCTOBER 2003

     The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in October, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

September/October

United Nations Staff Pension Committee (1 meeting), New York

2 September-19 December

Security Council

4835^th Meeting (AM)

RESTORING RULE OF LAW ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR RESOLVING CONFLICT,

REBUILDING SECURE, HUMANE SOCIETIES, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES KEY TO REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL HAZARDS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan for the International Day for Disaster Reduction, 8 October:

The theme of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction is “turning the tide on disasters towards sustainable development”.

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for October:

Security Council

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

SIXTH COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS FOR FIFTY-EIGHTH ASSEMBLY SESSION,

CONVENES AS WORKING GROUP ON REPRODUCTIVE CLONING

UN'S ONLY FARSI WEB SITE GOES ONLINE

(Delayed in transmission.)

TEHRAN, 22 September (UNIC)-- The United NationsInformation Centre Tehran's Web site, featuring key United Nations documents in Persian, is now functioning, much to the appreciation of the people of Iran.