Biographical Note

New Permanent Representative of belgium Presents Credentials

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Johan C. Verbeke, the new Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

New Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan Presents Credentials

 

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Nurbek Jeenbaev, the new Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

NEW UN REPORT CITES DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS

NEW YORK, 16 September (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) -- The HIV/AIDS epidemic will have devastating consequences in the decades to come for virtually every sector of society ranging from households and farms, to growth of whole economies, according to a new report, The Impact of AIDS, issued today by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Population Division.

Afghan food production hit by drought, pests; Poor suffer from rising food prices

(Reissued as Received.)

UN will continue to work with Guatemala to build just, peaceful society,

Secretary-General says at exhibit opening

 

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the exhibit “Guatemala:  Images of Peace” at Headquarters on 14 September:

It is a great pleasure to join you for the opening of this exhibit.

Ten Years on, UNFPA Reports Uneven Progress in Implementing

Landmark Population and Development Consensus

 

Funding Gap Imperils Efforts to Reduce Maternal

Deaths, Prevent HIV/AIDS and Ensure Reproductive Rights

Note to Correspondents

WORLD LEADERS TO LAUNCH DISCUSSION ON ‘FAIR GLOBALIZATION’

AT HEADQUARTERS, 20 SEPTEMBER

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS AGENDA FOR fifty-ninth GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Decides Once Again Not to Recommend Inclusion of Item on ‘Representation of Republic of China (Taiwan)’

Women key to resolving armed conflicts, Deputy Secretary-General

says at opening of Gender justice Conference

 

Following are the opening remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at “Peace Needs Women, and Women Need Justice”, a conference on gender justice in post-conflict situations, delivered today in New York:

 

UNEP and Iraqi Environment Ministry to Assess Key Polluted Sites

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI/GENEVA, 14 September (UNEP) -- Environmental “hot spots” in Iraq are to be investigated as part of a long-term plan to clean up the country after well over a decade of instability and conflict, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today.