Press Release

IMPLEMENTATION OF DESERTIFICATION CONVENTION A FACTOR FOR STABILITY, ENSURING FOOD

SECURITY, PREVENTING MIGRATORY FLOWS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of a message by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Geneva:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE, OPENING CONSIDERATION OF JIU REPORTS,

WELCOMES ESTABLISHMENT OF FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM

UNCTAD REPORT ON THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY REASSERTS

INTERDEPENDENCE OF DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

(Reissued as received.)

Background Release

FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE 8 OCTOBER FACING UNFINISHED DISARMAMENT

AGENDA, INCLUDING NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL WEAPON THREATS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

16^th Meeting (AM)

TERRORISM ON AGENDA SINCE 1972, BUT ANSWER CANNOT WAIT ANOTHER 30 YEARS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD, AS THIRD DAY OF TERRORISM DEBATE BEGINS

On page 8 of Press Release GA/9924 issued on 3 October, the name of the representative of Cape Verde should read LUIS DE MATOS MONTEIRO DA FONSECA.

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Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

22^nd Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY WINDS UP WEEK-LONG DEBATE ON ELIMINATION OF TERRORISM

President Sees Debate As Sign

Of International Commitment to Face Down Formidable Challenge

Security Council

4387^th & 4388^th Meetings*(AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES ALL MEN AND WOMEN OF KOSOVO

TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER 17 ELECTIONS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

21^st Meeting (AM)

IMMEDIATE ANTI-TERRORISM STEPS AVAILABLE EVEN WITHOUT LEGAL DEFINITION,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD, AS TERRORISM DEBATE BEGINS FIFTH DAY

SECRETARY-GENERAL LOOKS FORWARD TO CONVENING OF PROPOSED SUMMIT

OF LEADERS OF GUINEA, LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE

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

UNITED NATIONS ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH ANIMAL PLANET

TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY