African plan advances, but needs firmer international support,

says UN Secretary-General

 

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT DARFUR, SUDAN

Louise Arbour to Be Accompanied

By Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide

(Reissued asreceived.)

Locust crisis to hit North-west Africa again, situation deteriorating in the Sahel

Summer Harvest in the Sahel at Risk, Control Operations Expanded, Donor Response Slow

(Reissued as received.)

On International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer, Governments

Urged to Back Global Inventory Of Key Ozone-Damaging Pesticide

News Comes as Countries Air Cartoon ‘Ozzy Ozone’

To Raise Awareness of Threats to Earth’s Protective Shield

(Reissued as received.)

In statement to press, Secretary-General urges Security Council to act

on Darfur resolution without delay, unite in face of crisis

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the press on Darfur, on 16 September:

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

Up to 15 hazardous chemicals and pesticides to be added to trade ‘watch list’

Ministers, Officials from Over 100 Countries to Mark

Debut of Rotterdam Convention at High-Level Conference in Geneva

(Reissued as received.)

CONSULTATIONS ON SETTING UP WORKING GROUP ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE

TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, 20 - 21 SEPTEMBER

GENEVA, 16 September (UN Information Service) -- Consultations on the establishment of the Working Group on Internet Governance that was requested last December by the World Summit on the Information Society will be held in Geneva on 20 and 21 September.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

Second Committee Approves Work Plan for Fifty-Ninth General Assembly Session

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this morning approved its programme of work, as orally amended, for the fifty-ninth General Assembly session.

Economic and Social Council acts on several items deferred from july session

As the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) met this afternoon to resume its 2004 substantive session, it took action on several items deferred from its regular session in July.

Biographical Note

New Permanent Representative of Colombia Presents Credentials

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

The new Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations,
Maria Angela Holguín, presented her credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.