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

(Reissued as received.)

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

(Reissued as received.)

FOOTBALL WITHOUT BORDERS:  WINNERS ALL

Qatar to Host UNODC Football Camp for Iraqi and other Middle-Eastern Youth

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SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED TO LEARN OF ATTACK ON FOREIGN MINISTER OF SWEDEN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO ARTHR HELTON ‘A MODEL

OF COMMITMENT, CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVER’

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Council on Foreign Relations in tribute to Arthur Helton, delivered today by Edward Mortimer, Director of Communications:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES IMPRESSIVE, GLOBAL RESPONSE TO OZONE LAYER DESTRUCTION,

BUT WARNS ‘CANNOT BE COMPLACENT’, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed 16 September: