FOREIGN MINISTERS OF SECURITY COUNCIL PERMANENT MEMBERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TO MEET ON IRAQ 13 SEPTEMBER IN GENEVA

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

ENTRY INTO FORCE OF CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY ‘LANDMARK

FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the 11 September entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety:

Security Council

4820^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL POSTPONES ACTION ON LIFTING LIBYA SANCTIONS UNTIL 12 SEPTEMBER

FIRES ARE INCREASINGLY DAMAGING WORLD’S FORESTS, FAO SAYS

Millions of Hectares Destroyed Every Year with High Loss of Life

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 9 September (FAO) -- Fires are increasingly damaging the world's forests, destroying millions of hectares of valuable timber and other forest products every year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.

AGRIBUSINESS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

TO BE HELD IN TEL AVIV, 9-16 SEPTEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

      GENEVA,9 September (UNECE) -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) are organizing an International Workshop on Agribusiness Enterprise Development.  The Workshop will take place in Israel from 9-16 September 2003.

ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT FOCUS

OF UN TASK FORCE MEETING IN GENEVA, 12 – 13 SEPTEMBER

The role of information technology in education and development will be the central topic of the fifth meeting of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force, to be held on 12 and 13 September at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva.

DPI/NGO Annual Conference

AM & PM Meetings

NGO CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON EDUCATION FOR PEACE, ISSUES

CONCERNING OPPRESSION, EMPOWERMENT

As the fifty-sixth annual DPI/NGO Conference entered its second day, several speakers discussed the topic of “Educating for a Secure Future” during the morning plenary session.

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

Second Session

2^nd Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ELECT

SERGE BRAMMERTZ OF BELGIUM DEPUTY PROSECUTOR

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today elected Serge Brammertz of Belgium as Deputy Prosecutor.

PLANET’S LIST OF PROTECTED AREAS TOPS 100,000 MARK

United Nations Outlines over Century of Success

And Failure in Conserving World's Natural Heritage

(Reissued as received.)

CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY TAKES EFFECT 11 SEPTEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

MONTREAL, 9 September (UNEP) -- The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the first legally binding international agreement governing the transboundary movement of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology, enters into force on Thursday, 11 September 2003.