Urgent task is to do everything possible to help protect THE people of Darfur

 

from Violence, human rights abuse, Secretary-General tells Security Council

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on the situation in Africa:

Toast by Secretary-General at Francophones’ dinner in New York

 

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

Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Francophones’ dinner in New York on 23 September 2004:

Security Council                                           

Geneva, Rome to host Rotterdam Convention secretariat

 

Fourteen New Hazardous Chemicals, Pesticides Added to Trade Watch List

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA/ROME, 24 September (FAO/UNEP) -- Geneva and Rome have won the competition to host the permanent secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention.

Committee on World Food Security adopts Right to Food Guidelines

(Reissued as received.)

Israeli Authorities impose more intransigent restrictions on

UNRWA staff members’ freedom of movement at Erez Crossing

 

(Reissued as received.)

AID EFFORTS CONTINUE IN HAITI, GRENADA

 

Haiti: Human Disaster Is Preventable, says Chief of Disaster Reduction Secretariat

(Reissued as received.)

Fifth-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

‘IDYLLIC’ ISOLATION ALSO BANE OF OUR EXISTENCE, LEADERS OF SMALL ISLAND STATES

EMPHASIZE, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DEBATE

‘For many, suffering mental and physical illness at the same time is the rule’,

Secretary-General says in message for World Mental Health Day

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2004:

The focus of this year’s World Mental Health Day, the co-occurrence of mental and physical illness, reflects the reality of people's experience.