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SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS NEW BOMBING AT UN BAGHDAD HEADQUARTERS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ENVOY SET FOR NEW BID TO REVIVE MYANMAR RECONCILIATION PROCESS

The Spokesman for Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan issued the following statement today:

Mr. Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Myanmar from 30 September to 2 October 2003.  It will be his eleventh mission.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES COMMITMENT TO HUMAN DIGNITY

AT CONCERT FOR BAGHDAD BOMBING VICTIMS

The following remarks were made by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on Friday, 19 September, in introducing Gilberto Gil, Brazilian Cultural Minister, at a concert to mark the International Day of Peace and to honour colleagues killed in the bombing of the United Nations mission in Baghdad:

ABILITY TO REASON VITAL IN FIGHTING TERRORISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CONFERENCE

      Secretary-General Kofi Annan made the following remarks today at a conference on “Fighting Terrorism for Humanity:  A Conference on the Roots of Evil”:

DESPITE PROGRESS ON HIV/AIDS, ACTION ‘STILL FAR SHORT OF WHAT IS NEEDED’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the plenary session of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, in New York, 22 September:

Two years ago, the world’s nations agreed that defeating HIV/AIDS would require commitment, resources and action.

FAO CHIEF STRESSES NEED FOR TANGIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS

IN SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT

(Reissued as received.)

      QUEBEC/ROME,21 September-- At the opening day of the XII World Forestry Congress (Quebec City, 21-28 Septembe), Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), stressed that sustainable management of forests rests on tangible achievements.

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

CONDEMNS RECENT INCIDENTS IN BUNIA

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Interactive Panel (PM)

COMBATING ‘STIGMA,’ CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNERSHIPS, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION,

KEYS TO REVERSING SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS, SAY UN PANEL PARTICIPANTS

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

4^th, 5^th and 6^th Meetings (PM and Night)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE ON HIV/AIDS,

HAVING EXAMINED PROGRESS MADE, REMAINING CHALLENGES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

3^rd Meeting (AM)

OPENING HIGH-LEVEL GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING ON HIV/AIDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

CALLS FOR DRASTIC ACTION TO COMBAT DISEASE

Says That None of Agreed Targets Will Be

Achieved by 2005 at Current Rate of Progress