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1 October 1998

This morning, the general debate continued in the plenary with statements by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Chad, Jordan, Lesotho, Congo and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, and Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Sierra Leone and Gabon. At the end of the session this morning, the Assembly is scheduled to take action on draft resolution contained in document A/53/L/1, introduced by Indonesia, on Assistance to Bangladesh in the wake of devastating floods --this issue is a subitem under agenda item 20: Special economic assistance to individual countries and regions. Under the same item, the Assembly is expected to take action tomorrow morning, after all the speakers inscribed in the general debate have been heard, on draft resolution contained in document A/53/L.2, entitled "Emergency assistance to Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and St. Kitts and Nevis".

This afternoon, the Assembly will continue the general debate with statements by the Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs of Solomon Islands, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Maldives, Ethiopia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Guatemala; Chairman of the Delegation of Grenada and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malawi.

The lists of speakers for both today and tomorrow are on the side table.