PRESS STATEMENT ON SOMALIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is last night's press statement on Somalia by Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Council reaffirm their united and firm support for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)-sponsored reconciliation process on Somalia.

Ad Hoc Committee to Review

New Agenda for Development of Africa

AM & PM Meetings

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES NEED TO RESPECT

COMMITMENTS IN SUPPORT OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

Speakers Focus on Need for Peace, Cooperation

As Debate Starts on New Agenda for Region’s Progress

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

CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/PAL/902 issued on 24 September, the second to last paragraph on page 15 should read:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

1st Meeting (AM)

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:

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.