Israeli Authorities impose more intransigent restrictions on

UNRWA staff members’ freedom of movement at Erez Crossing

 

(Reissued as received.)

AID EFFORTS CONTINUE IN HAITI, GRENADA

 

Haiti: Human Disaster Is Preventable, says Chief of Disaster Reduction Secretariat

(Reissued as received.)

Fifth-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

‘IDYLLIC’ ISOLATION ALSO BANE OF OUR EXISTENCE, LEADERS OF SMALL ISLAND STATES

EMPHASIZE, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DEBATE

‘For many, suffering mental and physical illness at the same time is the rule’,

Secretary-General says in message for World Mental Health Day

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2004:

The focus of this year’s World Mental Health Day, the co-occurrence of mental and physical illness, reflects the reality of people's experience.

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

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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.