Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

17^th Meeting (PM)

SOCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD OF ADVANCES IN PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

IN ARMED CONFLICT, BUT MAJOR CHALLENGES SAID TO REMAIN

Annual Review Begins of Promotion of Children’s Rights; Efforts

To Check Abuses, Prevent Exploitation, Improve Conditions are Discussed

DEPUTY-SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES VITAL WORK OF UN POPULATION FUND

AT OPENING OF ‘FAMILY OF WOMAN’ EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK

Following are the remarks of Deputy-Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the opening of the exhibition “Family of Woman” in New York on 10 October:

Good evening, everyone.  I am delighted to welcome you all to the United Nations for the opening of this exhibition on the “Family of Woman”.

Security Council

4623^rd Meeting (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL SMALL ARMS DEBATE SUPPORT ACTION PROGRAMME

ADOPTED BY 2001 UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE

Delegates Also Back Secretary-General’s Proposals for Monitoring Mechanisms

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS SAY SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE'S BUDGET SHORTFALL MUST BE ADDRESSED,

AS FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT ON EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION

BUSINESS WELL PLACED TO NOT ONLY GENERATE GROWTH, BUT ADVANCE GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MIT’S SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the fiftieth anniversary of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 11 October:

Ad Hoc Committee to Review

New Agenda for Development of Africa

PM Meeting

COMMITTEE ON FINAL REVIEW OF UN NEW AGENDA FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA

ADOPTS DRAFT REPORT, REQUESTS ADDITIONAL MEETING TO FINALIZE WORK

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR CONCERTED ACTION IN MESSAGE

MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY

The following message was issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF PEACE TALKS ON SUDAN

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON CAMEROON, NIGERIA TO RESPECT INTERNATIONAL

COURT OF JUSTICE’S JUDGMENT ON BORDER DISPUTE

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

The Secretary-General has taken note of the judgment delivered today by the International Court of Justice on the Bakassi border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria.

RETURNING FROM DROUGHT-HIT ERITREA, EMERGENCY RELIEF

COORDINATOR CALLS FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE

ASMARA, 10 October -- Kenzo Oshima, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, wrapped up his

three-day mission to Eritrea today.  He had visited Eritrea at the request of the Secretary-General to observe first-hand the severe drought affecting the country and to report back.