FORTY-NINTH SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION GOVERNING

COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 16 TO 18 SEPTEMBER

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GENEVA, 12 September (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its forty-ninth session from 16 to 18 September 2003 under the Presidency of Ambassador Michael Steiner (Germany).

WTO, UNIDO TO WORK TOGETHER ON TRADE-RELATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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WE APPROACH OPENING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY ‘WITH HEAVY HEARTS’,

IN AFTERMATH OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual interfaith service of commitment to the work of the United Nations at St. Bartholomew's Church, New York, delivered today by Gillian M. Sorensen, Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations:

ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF TERRORIST ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL

EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES, FRIENDS OF VICTIMS

Following is a statement by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY SADDENED’ AT DEATH OF ANNA LINDH,

FOREIGN MINISTER OF SWEDEN

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Anna Lindh:

I was shocked and deeply saddened this morning to learn of the death of Anna Lindh, the minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden.

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

Second Session

4^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT EXPRESS APPRECIATION

TO NGO COALITION FOR COORDINATING ROLE

States Parties to the International Criminal Court expressed their appreciation this morning to the NGO Coalition for the ICC for the coordinating role the organization will play between civil society and the Court.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SHOCKED, SADDENED

AT DEATH OF SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER

Following is a statement by the President of the fifty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, Jan Kavan (Czech Republic):

FAO SAYS FREER TRADE MUST BE FAIRER TRADE FOR FOOD SECURITY;

URGES WTO TO END EXPORT SUBSIDIES, LOWER IMPORT TARIFFS

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CALM RETURNS TO LIBERIA'S WAR-WEARY

MONROVIA, 11 September (OCHA) -- The deployment yesterday of Economic Community of West African States mission in Liberia (ECOMIL) forces beyond the troubled towns of Kakata and Salala, extending into Totota (115 kilometres northeast of Monrovia), has brought renewed calm, said the United Nations Special Humanitarian Coordinator in Liberia, Ross Mountain.

UN DRUG CHIEF URGES NATO FORCES TO TACKLE TRAFFICKING

Opium Cultivation in Afghanistan Presents a Serious Security Challenge

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