The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected one of three Vice-Chairpersons this morning as it met to organize its work for the fifty- fifth General Assembly session.
Assembly Also Hears from Foreign Ministers of Italy, Kuwait, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Morocco, Peru, Estonia
The two large-scale television projection screens installed in the General Assembly Hall for the Millennium Summit have proved so successful and well-liked by delegations that their use has been extended for an additional two weeks beyond the Millennium Summit, to cover the General Debate period of the General Assembly session.
Globalization, the situation of Africa and development-related issues were among the topics discussed this afternoon as the fifty-fifth regular session of the General Assembly continued its general debate.
Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered today at the opening of the general debate of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly:
"The tumult and the shouting dies down - "The captains and the kings depart --"
NEW YORK (DESA), 11 September -- The Government of Japan has contributed 642 million yen for financing the activities of the United Nations Centre for Regional Development during the fiscal year 20002001, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the executing agency for the project, announced today.
Calls for Greater International Cooperation To Better Lives of Those Left Behind by Development
Following is the text of the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, read today to the participants in the Cyprus proximity talks, Glafcos Clerides and Rauf Denktash:
A Japanese "Tea for Peace" ceremony will take place on Thursday, 14 September, at 12:30 p.m. in the North Delegates' Lounge.
Yukio Satoh, the Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, will host the occasion. Soshitsu Sen, Fifteenth Generation Grand Master of the 400-year-old Urasenke Tradition of Tea, will preside over the ceremony.
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
