“SITUATION WITH OPIUM CULTIVATION IN AFGHANISTAN REMAINS

DIFFICULT”, SAYS UN COUNTER-NARCOTICS CHIEF

(Reissued as received.)

UN DRUGS CHIEF:  DRUG, HUMAN TRAFFICKING FUEL GLOBAL TERROR

UN to Step up Anti-Narcotic Efforts in CIS Region

(Reissued as received.)

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AMENDS TALIBAN INDIVIDUALS

SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

GLOBAL SCHOOLNET ALLIANCE CREATED FOR WORLD SUMMIT

Students and Educators Will Examine

How Information Society Impacts Human Rights Declaration

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE OBSERVANCE COMMENCES

AT UN HEADQUARTERS ON 19 SEPTEMBER

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

APPROVES AWARDS OF $315 MILLION

(Reissued as received.)

FAO SEES NO ALTERNATIVE TO MULTILATERAL TRADE TALKS

Agency Urges Countries to Resume Trade Negotiations

ROME, 18 September (FAO) -- After the failure of the world trade talks in Cancún, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)today urged countries to consider seriously informal contacts with a view to returning to the negotiation table, with a better outcome this time.

UN WORKSHOP FOR COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION PROPOSES KEY RECOMMENDATIONS

FOR TAKING FORWARD JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT OUTCOMES

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SAMOA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Ali’ioaiga Feturi Elisaia, the new Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ICELAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Hjalmar W. Hannesson, the new Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.