Says Attempt To Revise 1972 ABM Treaty Will Undermine Disarmament; Ten Speakers Address Issues of Missile Defence, Outer Space Arms Race
Following is the message by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), on World Disaster Reduction Day, observed on 13 October:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The empowerment of rural women was critical to eradicating poverty, the representative of Malaysia told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning, as it met to continue considering issues related to the advancement of women and implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995).
The Secretary-General arrived in Geneva in the evening of Friday, 8 October.
On Saturday morning, he had a series of meetings, starting with Djibril Diallo, head of the Public Affairs Division of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), who briefed him on plans for the UNDP's NetAid Concert scheduled for that evening.
Financial Experts, Bankers, Give Views And Field Questions As Second Committee Hosts Discussion
Following is the statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette to a high-level panel discussion on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Vienna International Centre (VIC), which took place in Vienna on 9 October:
Says United Nations and Agencies Not Doing Enough To Protect Personnel
The following is the text of a statement issued by the President of the United Nations Staff Committee, Mehri Madarshahi, upon learning of the killings of United Nations staff in Kosovo and Burundi:
