Entry into force of nuclear-test-ban treaty would strengthen security of states,

 

peoples everywhere, Secretary-General says at launch of ministerial statement

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the launching of the second Joint Ministerial Statement of support for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, delivered in New York today by Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs:

STATEMENT BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET

The following is the text of a statement issued by the Middle East Quartet (United States, Russian Federation, European Union and United Nations), following their informal meeting at United Nations Headquarters on 22 September 2004:

Ministerial Conference Launches Rotterdam Convention to Reduce Risks

 

from Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides

(Reissued as received.)

Vietnamese, Chinese photographers win global photo contest on rice

Winners Selected Among 500 Submissions, Contest Highlights Importance of Rice

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 22 September (FAO) -- A Vietnamese and a Chinese photographer have won the International Year of Rice (IYR) global photography contest launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNCC APPROVES AWARDS OF $376.9 MILLION

FOR COMPENSATION AT ITS FIFTY-THIRD SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 23 September -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the presidency of Ambassador Michael Steiner (Germany), today concluded its fifty-third session and approved awards of $376,920,823.53 for compensation.

UN AIDS BANGLADESH IN AFTERMATH OF MASSIVE FLOODING

 

NEW YORK, 23 September (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) –- United Nations humanitarian agencies continue to bring aid to Bangladesh as heavy rains continue in the aftermath of the August’s massive flooding, the worst that country suffered in decades.

DEATH TOLL RISES IN HAITI

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS URGES ASSEMBLY TO EVALUATE MILLENNIUM TARGETS,

ASSESS PROGRESS IN LAST SESSION BEFORE 2005 REVIEW

More Than 30 Speakers, Address United Nations

Reform, Globalization, Threat Posed by International Terrorism

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, RWANDA

 

on october LAUNCH of JOINT VERIFICATION MECHANISM

 

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

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MUTUAL SUPPORT, SOLIDARITY

BETWEEN GENERATIONS NEEDED TO BUILD ‘TRULY INTERGENERATIONAL SOCIETY’

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day of Older Persons, 1 October 2004: