IN MESSAGE TO CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FREEZE ON ISRAELI

SETTLEMENTS, RESTRUCTURING OF PALESTINIAN SECURITY TO CONFRONT TERROR GROUPS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People, delivered today by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs:

Secretary-General deeply saddened by loss of life,

 

injuries, destruction from hurricane Ivan

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

‘We live in an age of interdependence’, threats must be managed collectively

says Secretary-General, in message to Rome meeting

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Second Interdependence Day, delivered by Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, in Rome, 12 September:

Secretary-General condemns attacks on UN offices, NGOs in Afghanistan

 

The following statement was issued on 12 September by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan

The Secretary-General condemns today's attacks against United Nations offices, non-governmental organizations and the Independent Human Rights Commission in Herat (Western Afghanistan).

Secretary-General saddened at death of Petros VII,

 

Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa

 

The following statement was issued on 11 September by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan

The Secretary-General is saddened to learn of the death of His Beatitude Petros VII, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, in a helicopter crash this morning in Greece.

RECENT ATTACKS TRAGIC REMINDERS FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM

FAR FROM OVER, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Chair of Sanctions Committee Aimed at Al-Qaida/Taliban Briefs

FAO, European Commission forge strategic partnership to achieve development goals

(Reissued as received.)

BRUSSELS/ROME, 13 September (FAO) -- The European Commission and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today signed a strategic partnership agreement designed to reinforce their joint efforts to reduce poverty, promote agricultural development and fight hunger in developing countries.

UNIDO launches two projects to assist the people of Timor-Leste

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents

UN Population Fund to Launch ‘The State of World Population 2004’ 15 September

Highlights Progress, Challenges 10 Years after Landmark Population Consensus

UN EXPERT DEPLORES UZBEKISTAN’S LACK OF COOPERATION

 

WITH UN HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 13 September (UN Information Service) -- The Special Rapporteur on torture of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights made the following statement today: