GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UN OFFICIALS TO MEET IN ATHENS ON 14 AUGUST TO DISCUSS

CONTRIBUTION OF SPORT IN PEACE-BUILDING, FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

Security Council                                           

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES BEING PROMOTED AT ATHENS OLYMPIAD

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI/ATHENS, 10 August (UNEP) -- When the XXVIIIth Olympiad opens in Athens this week, global attention will focus not just on the performance of the athletes, but on the organizers as well.

WITH APPROACH OF 15 AUGUST REFERENDUM, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

ON VENEZUELANS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES THROUGH DIALOGUE

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

Note to Correspondents

UNITED NATIONS, CITY OF NEW YORK TO MARK INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY, 12 AUGUST

International Youth Day, 12 August, will be marked in New York City by a strategic partnership between the United Nations, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development and Con Edison.

UNITED NATIONS APPEALS FOR FUNDS TO ALLEVIATE KENYAN FOOD CRISIS

UN SEEKS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR KENYAN AGRICULTURE,

AS DROUGHT, CROP FAILURE TAKE HEAVY TOLL

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTREMELY CONCERNED BY WIDESPREAD FIGHTING

IN IRAQ, OFFERS UN HELP IN CURRENT CRISIS

The following statement was issued Saturday, 7 August, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN YOUTH TO VISIT UNITED NATIONS IN VIENNA

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Secretary-General welcomes agreement on action plan for darfur

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement between his Special Representative for Sudan, Jan Pronk, and the Government of Sudan on an Action Plan for Darfur.