CAN DAMS MEET HUMAN NEEDS AND BE ECO-FRIENDLY? STAKEHOLDERS SEEK SOLUTIONS

THROUGH UNEP-SPONSORED DIALOGUE

(Delayed in transmission; reissued as received.)

MUCH GREATER EFFORTS NEEDED, OR ‘FEW AFRICAN COUNTRIES WILL MEET EVEN SOME’

MILLENNIUM GOALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS TOKYO CONFERENCE ON AFRICA

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the third Tokyo International Conference on African Development, delivered today by Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa:

Security Council

4834^th Meeting (AM)

FOLLOWING GUINEA-BISSAU COUP D’ETAT, TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS CREATED

AIMED AT ELECTED GOVERNMENT WITHIN 18 MONTHS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS CALLS FOR HARMONIZING NEEDS OF PEOPLE, PLANET

Food and Agriculture Organization to Ensure Follow-up Report on Implementation

(Reissued as received.)

UN'S ONLY FARSI WEB SITE GOES ONLINE

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TEHRAN, 22 September (UNIC)-- The United NationsInformation Centre Tehran's Web site, featuring key United Nations documents in Persian, is now functioning, much to the appreciation of the people of Iran.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE ELECTS THREE OFFICERS BY ACCLAMATION, DEFERS ELECTION

OF THIRD VICE-CHAIRPERSON TO LATER DATE

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected two Vice-Chairpersons and a Rapporteur this afternoon during its organizational meeting for the fifty-eighth General Assembly session.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

SIXTH COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS FOR FIFTY-EIGHTH ASSEMBLY SESSION,

CONVENES AS WORKING GROUP ON REPRODUCTIVE CLONING