Fifty-seventh General Assembly                            GA/SPD/249

Security Council

4638^th Meeting* (PM)

AFGHANISTAN HAS MADE REMARKABLE PROGRESS, BUT RECONCILIATION, CONTINUED

INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION NEEDED, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

24^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSION ON ANTARCTICA

Focus on Benefits of 1959 Treaty, Environmental Issues

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary                                                     30 October 2002     

38^th and 39^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)

MORE RADICAL STEPS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE TORTURE, THIRD COMMITTEE

TOLD, AS DEBATE BEGINS ON HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly                              GA/EF/3009/Corr.1

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

RECENT WORK OF WORLD COURT SHOWS CONCERN FOR ALL AREAS

OF LAW AND JUSTICE, PRESIDENT TELLS LEGAL COMMITTEE

Jurisprudence on Human Rights, Environment Cited; Debate

Continues on Recommendations of International Law Commission

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES THOROUGH REVIEW OF UN PROGRAMME OF WORK

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the General Assembly, 30 October:

I am grateful for this opportunity to present my report on “Strengthening the United Nations:  An Agenda for Further Change”.

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL LAUNCHES BID FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

FOR POST-CONFLICT RECOVERY EFFORTS IN GUINEA-BISSAU

Fact-Finding Mission Will Determine Country’s Humanitarian Needs

The first implementation of an initiative by the United Nations Economic and Social Council to assist countries emerging from conflict took shape today, at a meeting of the Council’s Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Guinea-Bissau.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

37^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS NOTE GROWING GLOBAL CONFIDENCE

IN QUALITY OF WORK OF INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Efforts to Increase Efficiency Lauded; President of Court

Says Higher Budget Allowed Staff Increase, Better Spread of Information