On Thursday afternoon, 17 October, Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Astana, Kazakhstan’s new capital.

SECURITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS CRITICAL ROLE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN BUILDING PEACE

Women and girls must have a greater role in peace processes and must be brought to the negotiating table more systematically, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report to the Security Council, issued today.

Security Council

4629^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, ACTING CONCURRENTLY WITH GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

ELECTS FIVE MEMBERS TO INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

FINANCIAL STABILITY OF UN ‘UNDER PRESSURE’ SAYS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

FOR MANAGEMENT AS FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS 2002-2003 BUDGET

Speakers also Address Conference Services, Language Parity on UN Web Site,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

14^th and 15^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DESERTIFICATION, NATURAL DISASTERS, PLIGHT OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

DOMINATE SECOND COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

URGENT RATIFICATION OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

CALLED FOR IN ONE OF NINE TEXTS APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

United States Votes against Draft;

Says Opposed to CTBT, Will Not Seek Reconsideration of Senate’s Rejection

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘APPALLED’ BY CAR BOMB ATTACK IN ISRAEL, URGES

‘ALL PALESTINIAN GROUPS’ TO STOP SUCH ACTS OF VIOLENCE

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is appalled by the terrorist car bomb attack in northern Israel earlier today in which at least 14 persons were killed and many others injured. 

At midday on Friday, 18 October, Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, becoming the first United Nations Secretary-General to visit that country.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, HONOURED IN KYRGYZSTAN, SAYS COUNTRY’S ASPIRATIONS

MATCH VALUES OF PEACE, TOLERANCE AT HEART OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday

(20 October) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev: