ISMAT KITTANI CONSUMMATE DIPLOMAT WHOSE LIFE ‘WAS AN EXAMPLE TO US ALL’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON DEATH OF 36^TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon learning of the death of Ismat Kittani:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT BY IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY

THAT IT HAS COMMENCED DISARMAMENT

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

Economic and Social Council

Resumed 2001 Substantive Session

45^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS TEXTS ADDRESSING COUNCIL PRESIDENT’S

RESOURCES, MALDIVES, LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, AMONG OTHERS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

IN CONTINUING DEBATE ON PROTECTION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS, THIRD COMMITTEE

Hears Calls For Concerted Action Against Aids, Malaria, Tuberculosis

Security Council

4395^th and 4396^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS FURTHER PHASE FOR UNITED NATIONS

MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

After Extended Debate, Presidential Statement Urges Parties

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY ISRAEL’S ‘INTENSIFIED’ OCCUPATION;

CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE HALT TO ATTACK AT VILLAGE OF BEIT RIMA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

21^st Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON LITERACY DECADE,

ILLICIT DRUGS, YOUTH, COOPERATIVES, CRIME PREVENTION

Hears Call for Priority Attention to Education of Children in Developing Countries

      Although the 1990 World Summit on Children had unquestionably improved the situation of the world's children in many areas, there were still too many children in the world suffering needlessly from a variety of scourges, including armed conflict and exploitation, several speakers told the Third Committee (Humanitarian, Social, Cultural) this afternoon.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT PROGRESS CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL EFFORT AGAINST TERRORISM

STATES DRAFT TEXT INTRODUCED BY CHAIRMAN IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Thirteen Drafts Introduced, Including Resolutions

On Preserving ABM Treaty, Totally Eliminating Nuclear Weapons

SECRETARY-GENERAL BOOSTS PREPARATIONS FOR JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT