SECRETARY-GENERAL RINGS PEACE BELL FOR UN COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS

STRUCK IN BAGHDAD, PEOPLE OF EVERY NATION NEEDING PEACE

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on ringing the peace bell in observance of the International Day of Peace (21 September):

Security Council

4831^st Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR PERIOD

1 AUGUST 2002 – 31 JULY 2003

The Security Council, this morning, adopted without a vote its annual report to the General Assembly for the period 1 August 2002 to 31 July 2003.

Security Council

4830^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES 15,000-STRONG STABILIZATION FORCE

FOR LIBERIA TO ASSIST PEACE PROCESS

Resolution 1509 (2003) Adopted Unanimously;

August Peace Agreement Aims at National Elections by End of 2005

Security Council

4829^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS SIERRA LEONE MISSION UNTIL 31 MARCH 2004,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1508 (2003)

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), which was to expire on 30 September, until 31 March 2004, welcoming the increasingly stable security situation there.

UN REFUGEE AGENCY LAUNCHES NEW GUIDELINES TO BETTER PROTECT

REFUGEE WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 September (UNHCR) -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday invited the humanitarian and development communities to join forces in combatting sexual and gender-based violence against refugees, returnees and internally displaced people.

Note to Correspondents

HEADS OF STATE TO PARTICIPATE IN UN TREATY EVENT, 23-26 SEPTEMBER

HIGH-LEVEL PANEL CALLS FOR FURTHER MEASURES TO BATTLE

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND BIAS

(Reissued as received.)

STAFF COUNCIL ESTABLISHES RELIEF FUND FOR VICTIMS AND FAMILIES

OF BOMBING IN IRAQ, DONATES INITIAL $25,000

General Assembly Plenary

Tenth Emergency Special Session

20^th Meeting (AM)                                           

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MEETING IN RESUMED EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION,

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

2^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS WORK PLAN FOR FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION

Acting on the recommendations of its General Committee, the General Assembly this morning adopted its work plan for the fifty-eighth session.