Press Release

UNECE-WYB JOINT MISSION TO BELARUS TO ASSIST

IN DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(Reissued as received.)

TEEN GUIDE TO THE INTERNET

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents

MEMORIAL TRIBUTE CONCERT BY GILBERTO GIL TO BE HELD

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

General Committee

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

AGREEMENT REACHED ALLOWING HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO DARFUR REGION OF SUDAN

NEW YORK, 17 September (OCHA) -- The Government of Sudan and the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) signed an agreement today that would allow “free and unimpeded” humanitarian access to Sudan’s Darfur region, which covers some 20 per cent of that country’s territory.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York in the evening of Tuesday, 9 September, and arrived in Geneva the following morning.

ONE BILLION PEOPLE ARE THREATENED BY DESERTIFICATION, RECURRENT DROUGHTS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO CONVENTION PARTIES

(Delayed in transmission.)

Security Council

4828^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FAILS TO ADOPT TEXT ON PALESTINIAN LEADER’S

DEPORTATION, AS UNITED STATES CASTS NEGATIVE VOTE

The Security Council this afternoon failed to adopt a draft resolution by which it would have demanded that Israel desist from any act of deportation and cease any threat to the safety of the elected President of the Palestinian Authority.

Security Council

4826^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CAN DO WHAT IS JUST AND RIGHT FOR LIBERIA,

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE SAYS IN URGING UN FORCE

Calls for Focused, Impartial, Experienced, Professional Operation

CHILDREN SUFFER MOST FROM EFFECTS OF OZONE DEPLETION,

ACCORDING TO UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

UNEP, WHO, and Other Partners Launch New

Educational Products to Address Public Health Danger