PANEL HEARS RANGE OF VIEWS ON ‘GLOBALIZATION AND THE STATE’

African countries should identify, analyze and diagnose their strengths and weaknesses in light of the opportunities and challenges posed by globalization, the Prime Minister of Uganda, Apolo Nsibambi, said this morning during a panel discussion on globalization and the State.

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Liberia by M. Patricia Durrant (Jamaica), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Council heard a briefing by the Chairman of the Security Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1343 (2001) concerning Liberia on the two meetings between the Committee and the Panel of Experts on their report (S/2001/1015).

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

21^st Meeting (PM)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CALLED ON TO STRENGTHEN ABM TREATY

UNDER DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Also Approves Texts on Space Arms Race, Nuclear-Free Africa,

Middle East, Nuclear-Free Southern Hemisphere; Regional Centres

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENTS TO ACABQ, CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE, BOARD

OF AUDITORS, INVESTMENTS COMMITTEE, INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

Disarmament Commission

2001 Substantive Session

248^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING,

DEFERS DECISION ON DATES FOR 2002 SESSION

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Plenary

36^th Meeting (AM)

MORE DELEGATES URGE RESTRICTION OF SECURITY COUNCIL VETO,

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES REFORM DEBATE

Other Changes in Working Methods also Called for

As Needed Response to Changing International Situation

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Third Committee

28^th Meeting (AM)

RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION PRIMARILY CONCERNS THOSE UNDER FOREIGN OCCUPATION OR

COLONIALISM, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DIFFERING VIEWS ARE EXPRESSED

Delegations expressed conflicting views this morning as the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) continued its discussion on the right to self-determination agenda item.

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Fourth Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

ISRAELI RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON PALESTINE RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY

CRITICIZED BY SPEAKERS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

Say Refugee Suffering Exacerbated by Measures;

Israel Defends Actions, Citing Country’s Larger Security Concerns

                                                            SG/SM/8011/Rev.1*

EMPLOYMENT MUST BE CENTRAL GOAL IN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT FORUM

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Global Employment Forum, sponsored by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, 1 November:

I am delighted and honoured to be speaking at this Global Employment Forum. And I am especially glad to be doing so at this crucial time.