NEW, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES NEEDED IN WATER DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON MESSAGE FOR WORLD FOOD DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Food Day, 16 October:

STATEMENT TO PRESS ON SOMALIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

The following is today’s press statement on Somalia by Security Council President Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon):

Members of the Security Council welcome the launching in Eldoret Town, Kenya, of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) sponsored process for national reconciliation in Somalia.

‘YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE KEY’ IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on receiving an honorary doctorate at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China today:

UN DISARMAMENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME, WITH YOUNG DIPLOMATS

FROM 29 COUNTRIES, BEGINS 4-WEEK SEGMENT IN NEW YORK

The third segment of the 2002 Disarmament Fellowship Programme begins today at United Nations Headquarters.  It will last four weeks.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE SPEAKERS LINK ILLICIT TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO TERRORISM,

DOMESTIC CONFLICT AND CAPITAL FLIGHT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

27^th & 28^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Security Council

4624^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS BOMB ATTACKS IN BALI, INDONESIA;

REGARDS ACTS AS THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE

Resolution 1438 (2002) Adopted Unanimously

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT HAS SAFEGUARDS AGAINST MISUSE, LEGAL

COMMITTEE IS TOLD; CONCERNS OF DOUBTERS CAN BE ADDRESSED

Most Delegates Express Support; United States, Dissenting, Cites

Problems of Jurisdiction, Due Process, Lack of Security Council Oversight

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘HORRIFIED’ BY SATURDAY CAR BOMB ATTACK IN BALI

The following statement was issued yesterday, 13 October, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked and horrified to hear of last night’s car bomb attack in Bali, Indonesia, which killed at least 180 people and wounded scores of others.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

‘NEW STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK’ BETWEEN UNITED STATES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

SUBJECT OF DRAFT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Other Texts Address, Among Others, Ban on Fissile Material,