NAIROBISUMMIT ENDS WITH POWERFUL ACTION PLAN: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

 

RENEWS COMMITMENT TO WORLD FREE OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES

 

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

NAIROBI, 3 December -- The landmark Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World has closed with the international community recommitted to ending the suffering caused by anti-personnel mines.

Secretary-General, in message to mark international human rights day,

says human rightS equip people to live in security, dignity

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December 2004:

Secretary-General disturbed by increasing tension

 

between Democratic Republic of Congo, rwanda

 

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

educating girls on protection a necessity, not an option, Secretary-General

stresses in remarks to world aids day event

 

Real, Positive Change Will Allow Women to Play

Their Role Fully in Struggle against HIV/AIDS, He Says

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the World AIDS Day event at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York, yesterday, 1 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RECOMMENDATIONS ON MORE

 

SECURE WORLD, STRENGTHENED UNITED NATIONS

 

NEW YORK, 2 December -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today gave strong support to an eagerly awaited report on meeting the world’s new and evolving security threats, presented to him this morning by the chairman of an independent panel, former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun of Thailand.

Note to Correspondents

MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS FOR MAURITIUS MEETING ON SMALLISLANDS, 10-14 JANUARY 2005

The International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Developing of Small Island Developing States will be held in Port Louis, Mauritius, from 10 to 14 January 2005.

Media Accreditation

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

65^th Meeting (PM)

general assembly defers decision on human cloning, adopts 24 resolutions

on wide range of legal, other matters

Among Other Issues, Adopted Texts Concern Andean Zone of Peace,

Assistance to Palestinians, Fair Globalization, International Criminal Court

SMALL ISLAND NATIONS SEEK STRONGER INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

 

AT UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE IN MAURITIUS

 

REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO HOST MEETING ON DISARMAMENT,

 

NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES FROM 6-8 DECEMBER

 

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN BURKINA FASO, INCLUDING

 

BRIEF STOPOVERS IN CHAD AND MOROCCO, 24-25 NOVEMBER 2004

The Secretary-General left Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, early on Wednesday, 24 November, and headed to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, for an official visit.