Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE WINDS UP DEBATE ON OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

WITH REITERATED STRESS ON NEED FOR COORDINATION, FINANCIAL AID

Meeting Opens with Panel Discussion on Capacity-Building, Poverty Eradication

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT CALLS FOR SMALL ARMS REVIEW CONFERENCE BY 2006,

BIENNIAL MEETINGS TO ASSESS ILLICIT ARMS TRADE ACTION PROGRAMME

Six Other Disarmament Draft Resolutions Also Introduced

Disarmament Under-Secretary-General Notes New Demands on Department

LIBRARIES IN BRAZIL, CHINA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

AND UNITED STATES DESIGNATED UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

(Reissued as received.)

Six libraries, located in Brazil, China, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the United States, have been designated United Nations depository libraries, becoming part of an international network of 404 libraries in

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

209^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE APPROVES ANNUAL REPORT

The Committee on Relations with the Host Country this afternoon approved its annual report, by which the General Assembly would extend its deepest condolences to the families of those killed in the terrorist attacks on the host city and country on 11 September.

‘WE MUST DO MUCH BETTER TO BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR’, SAYS

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS AT QUEENS UNIVERSITY

Following is the text of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette upon receiving an honorary degree from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, today:

SPECIAL ADVISER EGELAND APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF NORWEGIAN RED CROSS

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly                                GA/9940

Plenary                                                     26 October 2001

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

10^th Meeting (PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS GENERAL ASSEMBLY GRANT OBSERVER

STATUS TO GROUP OF SAHELO-SAHARAN STATES

Decision Deferred on Sweden-Based Democracy Group; Text

Introduced on Third States Affected by Application of United Nations Sanctions

General Committee

Fifty-sixth Session

4^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL ITEM, ‘UNITED NATIONS YEAR

FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE, 2002’ ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S AGENDA

The General Committee this morning recommended that an additional item, entitled "United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, 2002", be included in the agenda for the current General Assembly session.

NORTH KOREA STILL NEEDS FOOD AID DESPITE BEST HARVEST IN SIX YEARS

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 26 October (FAO/WFP) --The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is likely to record its best harvest for six years, but with domestic food production still well below consumption requirements, the country will again need substantial external assistance in 2002, two United Nations agencies said today.