Press Release

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

1st Meeting (AM)

Ad Hoc Committee to Review

New Agenda for Development of Africa

AM & PM Meetings

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW AGENDA FOR DEVELOPMENT

OF AFRICA BEGINS THREE-DAY SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

Committee Grants Participatory Status for Eight NGOs;

Holds Panel Discussion on Promotion of Africa's Future Development

AFRICAN COUNTRIES RECOGNIZE LINK BETWEEN POPULATION,

DEVELOPMENT, ACCORDING TO NEW FINDINGS

Security Council

4615^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SIERRA LEONE

FOR SIX MONTHS, BEGINNING 30 SEPTEMBER

Resolution 1436 (2002) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this evening decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) for six months starting

30 September.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly                            GA/EF/2994/Rev.1*

Second Committee                                             24 September 2002

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES WORK PROGRAMME FOR FIFTY-SEVENTH

SESSION; ELECTS TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN, RAPPORTEUR

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this afternoon approved its programme of work for the fifty-seventh session and elected two Vice-Chairmen as well as the Rapporteur to its bureau.

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

Civil Society Conference

AM & PM Meetings

AS CONFERENCE CONCLUDES, CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS COMMIT

TO PROTECTION FORCE FOR PALESTINIANS

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES WITHDRAWAL OF ARMED FORCES

FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

AT CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SPELLS OUT OVERALL

CONTEXT FOR ENDING MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People, delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Kieran Prendergast:

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

Civil Society Conference

AM Meeting

CIVIL SOCIETY CRUCIAL TO PROTECTION OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE,

SAY PARTICIPANTS IN PALESTINE COMMITTEE CONFERENCE