Press Release

ASSEMBLY OF STATES PARTIES TO ROME STATUTE OF INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL COURT TO MEET 8-12 SEPTEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

THE HAGUE, 5 September (ICC Secretariat) -- The second session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will take place in New York from 8 to 12 September 2003.

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

AM & PM Meetings

UN CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AGREES TO PRESS

GOVERNMENTS TO DEMAND DESTRUCTION OF WALL IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Action Plan Adopted Today Also Calls for Educating Public,

Tabling of New Resolutions in General Assembly, Security Council

CITES AUTHORIZES 2003 CAVIAR QUOTAS AS CASPIAN SEA

STURGEON STOCKS START TO RECOVER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 5 September (CITES) -– The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has approved quotas for Caspian Sea sturgeon catch and caviar exports in 2003.

CONFERENCE ON TEST-BAN TREATY CONCLUDES; FINAL DECLARATION

CALLS FOR UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION

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GLOBAL DISARMAMENT EFFORTS SURVEYED IN ANNUAL YEARBOOK ISSUED TODAY IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, 5 September (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The 2002United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, published by the Department for Disarmament Affairs, was released today.  As described by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the first chapter:

RIGHT TO IMPORT CHEAP GENERIC DRUGS, PHASE-OUT OF AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES

CRUCIAL TO POVERTY REDUCTION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in support of Oxfam’s “Big Noise” campaign:

‘FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS REQUIRES CONSTANT VIGILANCE AND RENEWAL’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the fifty-ninth session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, 1-4 September:

You meet at a decisive moment in the history of your region, and you have chosen to focus on a vital topic.

RENEWED MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE MUST NOT DIVERT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

FROM ‘ROAD MAP’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People, delivered by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in New York, 4 September:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN PEACE TALKS BEING HELD IN KENYA

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

NEW NAME FOR 1267 COMMITTEE