Statement by Ministerial meeting of International Committee

 

supporting transition in Democratic Republic of Congo

Following is the statement issued today by the Ministerial-Level Meeting of the Members of the International Committee in Support of the Transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION MAKES UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION

IN VITAL AREAS OF HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

(Delayed in transmission.)

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the twenty-seventh General Assembly of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), delivered in Geneva by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, on 15 September:

RULE OF LAW AT RISK AROUND THE WORLD, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the General Assembly, in New York, 21 September:

Call of peace bell ‘has remained constant, clear and true’,

 

says Secretary-General at annual Headquarters ceremony

 

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on ringing the Peace Bell in New York, 21 September:

Good morning, and thank you all for coming.  Let me say a special welcome to our friends from Japan, as well as the Messengers of Peace and the young people who have joined us today.

CONSULTATIONS ON SETTING UP WORKING GROUP

 

ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE CONCLUDE IN GENEVA

 

(Reissued as received.)

UN AGENCIES HELP STORM-STRUCK HAITI AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

4^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE STRESS NEED FOR GREATER UNITY,

VIGOROUS MULTILATERAL ACTION TO RESTORE PEACE, SECURITY

One King, 11 Presidents, Five Prime Ministers Participate in Afternoon Session

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

3^rd Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL OPENS ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE URGING

WORLD LEADERS TO RESTORE RESPECT FOR RULE OF LAW

 

US President Says Iraq, Afghanistan ‘On Path to Democracy, Freedom’;

Calls on Member States to Do More to Help Build Secure, Federal, Free Iraq

2003 United Nations Disarmament Yearbook released today

 

NEW YORK, 21 September (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The 2003 United Nations Disarmament Yearbook was released today.  As discussed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his message to the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 2003, contained in chapter 1 of the Yearbook:

at first meeting, liberia coordinating mechanism welcomes progress made