Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES NEED MORE EQUITABLE WORLD TRADE,

SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

Geographical Handicaps Keep Them from Being Competitive, Says Delegate

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORLD IS "FALLING SHORT" IN EFFORTS

TO MEET GOALS OF MILLENIUM DECLARATION

First Progress Report on Implementation of UN Plan

Shows Dramatic "Speed Up" Needed to Meet Targets Set for 2015

These are the opening remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at a Headquarters press conference on the first progress report on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS WORLD FALLING SHORT OF MILLENNIUM SUMMIT COMMITMENTS;

OUTLINES STEPS TO ACCELERATE PROGRESS

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GRIEF AT SENEGAL FERRY DISASTER

This statement was issued on 28 September by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the news that hundreds of people are feared drowned after a Senegalese passenger ferry capsized off the coast of the Gambia in a violent storm.  He expresses his heartfelt condolences to the Government, families and friends of the victims.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

DELEGATES TO SECOND COMMITTEE EMPHASIZE IMPORTANCE

OF FOREIGN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

Speakers Point Out Gap Between Availability and Needs

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

CUBA SAYS IT WILL ACCEDE TO NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY,

AS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Export Controls Over Sensitive Dual-Use Items,

Global Protection against Nuclear Terrorism among Other Issues Addressed

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

4^th and 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

CRITICAL LINKS BETWEEN CRIME, ILLICIT DRUGS, CORRUPTION, TERRORISM

REVEALED BY 11 SEPTEMBER EVENTS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR STEPS TO EXPAND PROTECTION

OF UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL ON PEACE-RELATED MISSIONS

Members Note Limitations of Existing Convention;

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ISRAELI DECISION TO LIFT SIEGE OF RAMALLAH COMPOUND

This statement has been issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAMES OF FOUR INDIVIDUALS TO ITS LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) on 30 September 2002 added the following individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

1.EL MOTASSADEQ, Mounir - Date of birth:  April 3, 1974;

            Place of birth:  Marrakesh/Morocco; Citizenship:  Morocco;