PRESS STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL ON 14 SEPTEMBER MEETING

Following is the text of today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Lauro Baja ( Philippines):

LEADERS OF ASIA-PACIFIC’S SUBREGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, UNESCAP

LOOK TO HARNESS SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION

(Reissued as received.)

POVERTY WILL MAKE GREAT APES HISTORY -- WORLD’S FIRST ATLAS

OF GREAT APES REVEALS HUMAN STRUGGLE BEHIND APES’ PLIGHT

(Reissued as received.)

SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI TAKES OFFICE AS HEAD OF UNCTAD

(Reissued as received.)

COMMENDING WORK OF UN COMMITTEE ON SECURITY IN CENTRAL AFRICA , SECRETARY-GENERAL

URGES CONTINUED DETERMINATION, POLITICAL WILL

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for September:

FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE REMAINS CONSTANT THREAT TO EUROPE

Early Warning, Control Need to Be Improved Outside EU - EC Provides €4.5 Million

(Reissued as received.)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN september 2005

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in September, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

Note to Correspondents

58TH ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE ‘OUR CHALLENGE:  VOICES FOR PEACE, PARTNERSHIPS

AND RENEWAL’, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK , 7 - 9 SEPTEMBER

STAKES ARE HIGH FOR WORLD SUMMIT AT UN, 14 - 16 SEPTEMBER