Press Release

SPEAKERS AT TEST BAN TREATY CONFERENCE RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL

THREATS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM, RESUMED WEAPONS TESTING

(Reissued as received.)

COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT HAS KEY ROLE IN GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY EFFORTS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO OSLO MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the General Assembly of the International Cooperative Alliance in Oslo, 3 September:

ENTRY INTO FORCE OF NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY ‘CANNOT COME TOO SOON’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO VIENNA CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, delivered by Antonio Maria Costa, Director General, United Nations Office at Vienna, in Vienna, 3 September:

PRESS STATEMENT ON WESTERN SAHARA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Western Sahara by Security Council President Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom):

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom):

Members of the Security Council:

DIGITAL DIASPORA NETWORK FOR LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

TO BE LAUNCHED ON 5 SEPTEMBER

NEW YORK, 3 September -- Representatives of leading technology companies, global banks and non-profit organizations will address the digital divide in Latin America and the Caribbean and explore ways to bridge it at a conference on

Note to Correspondents

THEN AND NOW:  LECTURE SERIES HONOURING RALPH BUNCHE LEGACY

BEGINS AT HEADQUARTERS 4 SEPTEMBER

DPI/NGO CONFERENCE TO BE WEBCAST AROUND GLOBE FOR FIRST TIME

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

217^th Meeting (PM)           

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE ELECTS CHAIRMAN, DISCUSSES PARKING,

SECURITY FOR DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS

The Committee on Relations with the Host Country this afternoon elected a new Chairman and discussed several other matters, including parking and security for diplomatic missions.

AIR POLLUTION CUTS HELP FORESTS RECOVER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 2 September (UNECE) -- The latest report on forest condition in Europe indicates that drastic reductions in sulphur emissions have led to decreasing concentrations of sulphur in the needles of Norway spruce and Scots pine (see graph below).