UNLESS PROGRESS CAN BE SPEEDED UP DRAMATICALLY, MOST PLEDGES IN MILLENNIUM

DECLARATION WILL NOT BE FULFILLED, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the statement, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the General Assembly today:

Economic and Social Council

Resumed Substantive Session

42^nd Meeting (AM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING GROUP

TO EXAMINE HUMANITARIAN, ECONOMIC NEEDS IN GUINEA-BISSAU

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

‘YOUTH BOOM’, ‘AGE QUAKE’, EMERGING AS MAJOR CHALLENGES FOR BOTH

DEVELOPING, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS IN FIFTH COMMITTEE URGE GREATER COORDINATION BETWEEN JOINT INSPECTION

UNIT, PARTICIPATING ORGANS IN FOLLOW-UP TO IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

DIRECTOR OF UN DIVISION FOR SOCIAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT URGES

THIRD COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE GREATER SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUITY

Committee Begins Debate on Social Development Issues;

Will Hear Three Human Rights Special Rapporteurs on 6 November

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO NATURAL HAZARDS, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

Following is the Secretary-General's message for the International Day for Disaster Reduction -- "Disaster reduction for sustainable mountain development",

9 October 2002:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY'S LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM SHOULD GO

TO ROOT CAUSES, NOT CONTRAVENE HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRATIC VALUES

Debate Continues on Measures to Meet International Concerns

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

NO ALTERNATIVE TO SELF-DETERMINATION IN DECOLONIZATION PROCESS,

GIBRALTAR'S CHIEF MINISTER TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

Guam, Western Sahara Also Discussed

PRESS STATEMENT ON COUNCIL PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR OCTOBER

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is yesterday’s press statement on the Security Council’s programme of work for October by Council President Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon):

The members of the Security Council reviewed their programme of work for the month of October.

Fifty-Seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

8^th Meeting (PM)

WORLD COMMUNITY MUST SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM,

ASSEMBLY'S LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD

CORRECTION

On page 4 of Press Release GA/L/3209 of 2 October, the speaker for Sudan, on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, was SIDDIG MOHAMED ABDALLA, and not as erroneously indicated.

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