SECRETARY-GENERAL RELIEVED AT RELEASE OF MOROCCAN SOLDIER SERVING

WITH UN MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON EVENTS

IN BURUNDI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Following is the press statement made by Juan Antonio Yañez-Barnuevo (Spain), President of the Security Council, on 3 September:

SEMINAR ON INFORMATION SECURITY TO BE HELD AT UNITED NATIONS, 9 SEPTEMBER

A high-level seminar on Policy Awareness and Security Issues in Information Technology will be offered on Thursday, 9 September, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at United Nations Headquarters (Conference Room 1).

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ASSEMBLY OF STATES PARTIES BEGINS ONE-WEEK SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

International Aid Organizations Assist Affected Population in Beslan

Second world urban forum in Barcelona 13-17 September

(Reissued as received.)

INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS MEET TO CONSIDER LEGAL OPTIONS FOR MANAGING WORLD’S FORESTS

NEW YORK, 3 September (UNFF) –- The world’s forests continue to disappear at an alarming rate despite a host of mostly voluntary or non-binding regional agreements and international conventions.  A new legally binding international convention on forests is one of the options proposed by countries which will be considered by experts at a United Nations meeting next week.

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL:  PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS RISING TO NEW HIGH

NEW YORK, 7 September (UN Department of Public Information) -- The number and scope of UN peace operations are approaching what may become their highest levels ever, improving prospects for conflict resolution, but also stretching thin the capacities of the system, Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported to the General Assembly today.

UN FINDS PROGRESS ON WORLD ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, BUT CRISIS AREAS REMAIN

NEW YORK, 7 September (UN Department of Public Information) -- Developing countries are reducing extreme poverty, extending access to primary education and alleviating disease and hunger in many regions of the world, in pursuit of targets set in the year 2000 UN Millennium Declaration, according to an annual progress report from Secretary-General Kofi Annan released today.

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES 2004 SESSION

GENEVA, 7 September (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world’s sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, today concluded the third and last part of its 2004 session after adopting its annual report.