Secretary-General, in message to Non-Aligned MINISTERS, says movement’s mission

remains greatly relevant despite end of cold war, colonial distortions

He Points Out Emerging New Threats of AIDS,

Environmental Degradation, Terrorism, Weapons Proliferation

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the Annual Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Non-Aligned Movement in New York today, 29 September 2004:

Note to Correspondents

UN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION TO PROVIDE FRENCH SUMMARY

OF PRESS SPOKESMAN’S DAILY NOON BRIEFING

The United Nations Department of Public Information is now providing a French summary of the daily noon press briefing by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

The summary can be found on the United Nations News Centre web site (French version) under the heading for Spokesman for Secretary-General.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS STRESS NEED FOR MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS TO ADDRESS GENOCIDE, WARN AGAINST

LOSING SIGHT OF SO-CALLED ‘SOFT THREATS’, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE CONTINUES

New Africa report urges industrial nations to play fair

 

Secretary-General welcomes release of civilian hostages in Iraq

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the news of the release of the Iraqi, Egyptian and Italian civilian hostages today in Iraq.

Secretary-General’s message to memorial for ex-UNITAR chief

The following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to a memorial ceremony in honour of Chief Simeon Ola Adebo in Lagos today, 28 September 2004, as delivered by Marcel Boisard, Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR):

Secretary-General concerned over killings on UN agency premises

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

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ONE INDIVIDUAL AND TWO ENTITIES

 

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 28 September 2004 approved the addition of one individual and two entities to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

Individual

Security Council

5045^th Meeting (AM)

Preparations for 9 October Afghanistan elections on track, peacekeeping

 

Under-Secretary-General tells Security Council

 

Security Council

5044^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council adopts annual report to General Assembly

 

for period 1 August 2003 – 31 July 2004

The Security Council, this morning, adopted its annual report to the General Assembly for the period 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004.

The annual report to the General Assembly, which is required by Article 24, paragraph 3 of the United Nations Charter, was adopted as corrected.