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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Milos Prica, the new Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

UN CONSULTATIONS IN SRI LANKA MEANT TO REINFORCE NORWEGIAN EFFORTS

IN SUPPORT OF PEACE PROCESS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

‘DRAMATIC SCALING UP OF ACTION’ NEEDED NOW TO REACH MILLENNIUM GOALS BY 2015,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN STATEMENT ON LAUNCH OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT

Following is today’s statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the launch of the Human Development Report 2005:

IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES ‘VITAL IMPORTANCE’

OF UN MANAGEMENT REFORMS, INCLUDING CLEAR DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Following is today’s statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council:

Security Council

5256^th Meeting (AM)

INDEPENDENT INQUIRY FINDS MALADMINISTRATION, EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION

IN UN ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

But Report Also Cites Programme’s Success in Restoring Health

INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC GOODS CONFERENCE OPENS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 7 September (UNIDO) -- The Conference on International Public Goods for Economic Development started today at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, in Cambridge, United States.

UN YOUTH FORUM 2005 GIVES YOUTH A VOICE

(Reissued as received.)

DPI/NGO Annual Conference

AM & PM Meetings

NGOS ARE ‘GUARDIANS OF THE REFORM OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM’,

DPI/NGO CONFERENCE TOLD AS IT OPENS THREE-DAY SESSION

Participants Include Representatives

Of 1,160 Civil Society Organizations from 124 Countries

Background Release                                         

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN REACH IN ASIA , SAYS UN/ADB REPORT

(Reissued as received.)