Secretary-General in Mexico City address praises Latin America’s democratic,

development gains, says future challenges demand ‘more democracy, not less’

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the opening ceremony of the International Seminar on Democracy, Politics and the State in Mexico City, 8 September:

UNRWA OPENS NEW SHELTERS FOR RAFAH HOMELESS,

NEW SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN OF DEMOLISHED AREAS

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Note to Correspondents

REHAM AL-FARRA MEMORIAL JOURNALISTS’ FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME BEGINS AT HEADQUARTERS

DPI/NGO Annual Conference

AM & PM Meetings

NO TIME TO LOSE IN ENDING EXTREME POVERTY, PUTTING WORLD ON MORE JUST PATH,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE OPENS

Theme of Three-Day Headquarters Meeting:

‘Millennium Development Goals:  Civil Society Takes Action’

WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 13 TO 17 SEPTEMBER

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GENEVA, 8 September (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will hold its fortieth session from 13 to 17 September 2004 in Geneva.

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION

IN GENEVA FROM 13 SEPTEMBER TO 1 OCTOBER

Reports from Brazil, Botswana, Croatia, Bahamas, Kyrgyzstan,

Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda to Be Considered

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UN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SUPPORT

 

OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE to convene 13 - 14 September

 

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

General Committee

6^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE SUBMITS PROVISIONAL AGENDA TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The General Committee this afternoon submitted the provisional agenda to the General Assembly and recommended the programme of work for the forthcoming plenary session, in accordance with the new approach approved by the Assembly in resolutions on the revitalization of its work.

CITES CONFERENCE ON WILDLIFE TRADE TO CONSIDER NEW RULES FOR HIGH-VALUE SPECIES

Bangkok Agenda Also Features African Elephant,

Minke Whale, Bald Eagle; Plus Turtles, Rhinoceroses, Medicinal Plants

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Wild Species Convention Secretariat Authorizes SturgeonExportQuotasforBlackSea

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GENEVA, 7 September (UNEP/CITES) -- The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Wild Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) has today published the 2004 export quotas for three Black Sea countries that jointly manage the sturgeon stocks that spawn every year in the Danube River.