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CIVIL SOCIETY ROLE VITAL IN GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY EFFORT, SAYS

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE

Following is the speech of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the fifty-sixth Annual DPI/NGO Conference in New York, 8 September:

STATES PARTIES TO LANDMINES BAN TREATY TAKE THEIR MESSAGE TO ASIA

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 8 September (UN Information Service) -- States Parties to the Convention banning anti-personnel mines will meet in Asia for the first time ever when they convene their fifth annual meeting in Bangkok from September 15 to 19, 2003.

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PERSONAL ENVOY VISITS SEOUL, BEIJING; REAFFIRMS

SUPPORT FOR NEGOTIATING PROCESS ON KOREAN PENINSULA

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

LITERACY PREREQUISITE FOR REACHING GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN LITERACY DAY MESSAGE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of Literacy Day, observed 8 September:

GRAZ HOSTS SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE APPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

(Reissued as received.)

SWITZERLAND MAKES OFFER TO UNOG MODULAR SYSTEM FOR EXHIBITIONS, RESTORATION

OF FRESCOS IN DELEGATES’ SALON TO MARK ITS ENTRY TO UN

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents

UN WORKSHOP ON HIV/AIDS, ADULT MORTALITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 8 - 13 SEPTEMBER

      The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs is organizing a workshop on HIV/AIDS and Adult Mortality in Developing Countries, which will be held from 8 to 13 September at United Nations Headquarters.

Note to Correspondents

MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS FOR GENERAL DEBATE OF FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION

OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 23 SEPTEMBER - 3 OCTOBER

Note to Correspondents

DPI TO LAUNCH NEW WEB SITE ON MEDIA ACCREDITATION, LIAISON SERVICE, ON 8 SEPTEMBER

Note to Correspondents

DAILY PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR DPI/NGO CONFERENCE

            The fifty-sixth Annual DPI/NGO Conference, “Human Security and Dignity:  Fulfilling the Promise of the United Nations”, being held at Headquarters