Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

8^th Meeting (AM)

AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT, MIDDLE EAST, UN REFORM AMONG ISSUES

DISCUSSED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DEBATE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

6^th Meeting (AM)

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE CONTINUES, PRESIDENT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

PROPOSES UN GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA

United Kingdom Calls For Return of Inspectors to Iraq;

Germany Urges Comprehensive Solution for Middle East Problem

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

7th Meeting (PM)

EFFORTS TO RESOLVE ROOT CAUSES OF CONFLICT OVERSHADOWED

BY DEFENCE BUILD-UP, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

5^th Meeting (PM)

VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ URGES WORLD LEADERS TO REAFFIRM

COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSE OF TERRORISM

China, Russian Federation Call for Creation

Of New International Security Architecture in Increasingly Interdependent World

UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL RENDERS JUDGEMENT

IN FAVOUR OF FORMER STAFF MEMBER

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

4^th Meeting (AM)

DRUG TRAFFICKING, TERRORISM, DEEPENING POVERTY, AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT, CONCLUDES 2002 SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 12 September (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament today adopted its annual report and concluded its 2002 session after hearing statements welcoming the "Five Ambassadors" initiative to end the stalemate in the work of the Conference, marking the first anniversary of the

WHEN FORCE IS CONSIDERED, THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR LEGITIMACY PROVIDED

BY UNITED NATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESS

Following is the text, as delivered, of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly today:

We cannot begin today without reflecting on yesterday’s anniversary -– and on the criminal challenge so brutally thrown in our faces on 11 September 2001. 

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

2^nd Meeting (AM)

AS GENERAL DEBATE OF 57^TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

INDISPENSABLE NECESSITY OF MULTILATERALISM

United States President Bush Calls on International Community

To Stand Up for Its Security, Saying Iraqi Government a ‘Grave Danger’

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

3^rd Meeting (PM)

AFGHAN, YUGOSLAV LEADERS POINT TO CHANGE AS THEIR SOCIETIES EMERGE FROM CONFLICT

Continuing International Support Stressed as Assembly General Debate Continues