Press Release

SWITZERLAND MAKES OFFER TO UNOG MODULAR SYSTEM FOR EXHIBITIONS, RESTORATION

OF FRESCOS IN DELEGATES’ SALON TO MARK ITS ENTRY TO UN

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents

UN WORKSHOP ON HIV/AIDS, ADULT MORTALITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 8 - 13 SEPTEMBER

      The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs is organizing a workshop on HIV/AIDS and Adult Mortality in Developing Countries, which will be held from 8 to 13 September at United Nations Headquarters.

Note to Correspondents

MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS FOR GENERAL DEBATE OF FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION

OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 23 SEPTEMBER - 3 OCTOBER

Note to Correspondents

DPI TO LAUNCH NEW WEB SITE ON MEDIA ACCREDITATION, LIAISON SERVICE, ON 8 SEPTEMBER

Note to Correspondents

DAILY PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR DPI/NGO CONFERENCE

            The fifty-sixth Annual DPI/NGO Conference, “Human Security and Dignity:  Fulfilling the Promise of the United Nations”, being held at Headquarters

ASSEMBLY OF STATES PARTIES TO ROME STATUTE OF INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL COURT TO MEET 8-12 SEPTEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

THE HAGUE, 5 September (ICC Secretariat) -- The second session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will take place in New York from 8 to 12 September 2003.

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

AM & PM Meetings

UN CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AGREES TO PRESS

GOVERNMENTS TO DEMAND DESTRUCTION OF WALL IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Action Plan Adopted Today Also Calls for Educating Public,

Tabling of New Resolutions in General Assembly, Security Council

CITES AUTHORIZES 2003 CAVIAR QUOTAS AS CASPIAN SEA

STURGEON STOCKS START TO RECOVER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 5 September (CITES) -– The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has approved quotas for Caspian Sea sturgeon catch and caviar exports in 2003.

CONFERENCE ON TEST-BAN TREATY CONCLUDES; FINAL DECLARATION

CALLS FOR UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION

(Reissued as received.)

GLOBAL DISARMAMENT EFFORTS SURVEYED IN ANNUAL YEARBOOK ISSUED TODAY IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, 5 September (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The 2002United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, published by the Department for Disarmament Affairs, was released today.  As described by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the first chapter: