SECRETARY-GENERAL, ITALIAN PREMIER SIGN DECLARATION ON UN-EU COOPERATION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE FOR NEW SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITMENT TO PLACE

JUSTICE, RULE OF LAW AT HEART OF EFFORTS TO REBUILD WAR-TORN COUNTRIES

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ministerial meeting of the Security Council on “Justice and the Rule of Law:  the United Nations Role”:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS SIX INDIVIDUALS

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 23 September 2003 added the names of the following six individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

*Name: 1: SHADI 2: MOHAMED 3: MUSTAFA 4: ABDALLA

Security Council

4833^rd Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON MEMBER STATES TO HELP ENHANCE UN ROLE

IN ESTABLISHING JUSTICE, RULE OF LAW IN POST-CONFLICT STATES

Secretary-General Hopes for New Commitment by Council

To Place Those Issues at Heart of Work Rebuilding War-Torn Countries

PROVIDING URBAN POOR WITH CLEAN WATER AND DECENT SANITATION,

FOCUS OF ANNUAL WORLD HABITAT DAY

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

HEADS OF STATE, GOVERNMENT UNDERLINE NEED FOR CONCERTED ACTION TO PREVENT

INERTIA, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Speakers Tell Assembly of Need to Ensure ‘Advent of Century of the Global Village’

INTERNATIONAL TEAM DOCUMENTS DAMAGE FROM PAKISTAN TANKER SPILL;

PROGRAMME OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES, RESTORATION RECOMMENDED

(Reissued as received.)

BANGKOK, 23 September -- An international team convened to assess the environmental damage caused by oil spilled from the tanker MT Tasman Spirit has reported its findings and recommendations to the Government of Pakistan.

SYNTHETIC DRUG ABUSE EXCEEDS THAT OF HEROIN AND COCAINE COMBINED,

SAYS NEW UN STUDY

Global Survey on Ecstasy, Amphetamines

Reveals Alarming Abuse and Trafficking Patterns

(Reissued as received.)

ADOPTION OF POLICY OF PRE-EMPTION COULD RESULT IN PROLIFERATION OF UNILATERAL,

LAWLESS USE OF FORCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the address, as delivered today, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly:

The last 12 months have been very painful for those of us who believe in collective answers to our common problems and challenges.

MILLIONS REMAIN FOOD INSECURE IN IRAQ DESPITE BETTER HARVEST, SAY UN AGENCIES

(Reissued as received.)

ROME,23 September (FAO) -- Despite a better cereal harvest and the lifting of economic sanctions, according to a report published today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), nearly half of the 26.3 million Iraqis are estimated to be poor and in need of assistance.