The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:
The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in October, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:
Meetings continued from previous month:
United States Announces Additional Contribution of $9 Million for Year 2000
Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered to the Security Council this morning on the occasion of President Nelson Mandelas briefing of the Council on peace efforts in Burundi:
In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for October:
Security Council
Martin Andjaba (Namibia) succeeds Moctar Ouane (Mali) as President of the Security Council.
Military Staff Committee
NEW YORK, 28 September -- Agriculture, often given short shrift in development planning, can play a key and even a leading role in breaking out of the vicious cycles in which many poor countries are trapped, the authors of the United Nations World Economic and Social Survey 2000 contend.
The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this morning continued its debate on decolonization questions and heard petitioners on Western Sahara, with petitioners criticizing the delays in implementing the Settlement Plan and requesting that the right of the people of Western Sahara to self- determination be respected.
