Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

49^th Meeting (AM)

FINANCIAL SITUATION IN 2001 'OVERALL BETTER', SAYS

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MANAGEMENT

Security Council

4490^th Meeting (AM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN,

INCLUDING WOMEN’S DAY OBSERVANCE, CHALLENGES TO INTERIM ADMINISTRATION

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

48^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF FINANCING OF UN MISSION

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Secretariat Responds to Delegates’ Concerns

Over Rules Governing Evaluation, Award of Outsourced Contracts in DRC

Security Council

4489^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF ALL VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST;

AFFIRMS VISION OF TWO STATES, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL MIDDLE EAST CRISIS ‘WORST IN TEN YEARS;’

CALLS ON PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS TO ‘LEAD YOUR PEOPLES AWAY FROM DISASTER’

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council’s 12 March meeting on the situation in the Middle East:

Security Council

4488^th Meeting (AM)

‘YOU CAN STILL LEAD YOUR PEOPLES AWAY FROM DISASTER’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

ADDRESSING PALESTINIAN, ISRAELI LEADERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT

united nations finance for development conference

attracting wide international participation

Fifty Heads of State Expected for Summit Segment in Monterrey

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

95^th Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY AGREES TO INCLUDE G-77 AND CHINA, EUROPEAN UNION ON SPEAKER’S LIST

IN SUMMIT SEGMENT OF CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

Several Speakers Stress That

‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ by Assembly Does Not Constitute Precedent

‘DIGITAL BRIDGES’ MUST BE BUILT TO BILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN EXTREME POVERTY

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO INTERNET MEETING IN GHANA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) being held in Accra, Ghana, from 10 to 14 March:

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General: Ladies and gentlemen, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations is here to brief you on the International Conference on Financing for Development to take place later this month at Monterrey, Mexico.