ASIAN-AFRICAN CONFERENCE OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ‘STRATEGIC BRIDGE ACROSS

INDIAN OCEAN’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO BANDUNG MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the first Asian-African Subregional Organizations Conference, being held in Bandung, Indonesia, from 29 to 30 July, delivered by Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP):

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RICH AND INTEGRAL PART OF HUMAN TAPESTRY, HAVE MUCH

TO BE PROUD OF, MUCH TO TEACH, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, which will be observed on 9 August:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES MEETING WITH REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPS

‘NEW VISION OF GLOBAL SECURITY’ TO FACE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES

Following are the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth high-level meeting of the United Nations and Regional Organizations, held at Headquarters today:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS HARRI HOLKERI OF FINLAND

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR KOSOVO

On 24 July, Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced the appointment of Harri Holkeri of Finland as his Special Representative for Kosovo.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ISSUES NON-PAPER ON THE IMPLEMENTATION

OF PARAGRAPH 23 OF RESOLUTION 1483 (2003)

Security Council

4798^th Meeting (AM)

SOME RECENT SUCCESS ACHIEVED AGAINT AL QAEDA, BUT RECENT ATTACKS UNDERSCORE CHALLENGES AHEAD IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Chair of Committee Monitoring Sanctions against Taliban/Al Qaeda Says

Consolidated List Improved, Number of Member State Reports ‘Disappointing’

Security Council

4793^rd Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL REITERATES NEED TO IMPLEMENT PEACE AND CEASEFIRE AGREEMENTS

IN Côte d’Ivoire, WITH VIEW TO ELECTIONS IN 2005

CORRECTION

In the first full paragraph on page 16 of Press Release SC/7825, issued 25 July, the reference to the document number of the report of the Security Council mission to West Africa should read S/2003/688.

ROLE OF MEDIA IN INTERNET AGE FOCUS OF WORLD ELECTRONIC MEDIA FORUM

TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, 9–11 DECEMBER

Organized by UN, Switzerland, European

Broadcasting Union as Part of World Summit on Information Society

UN APPEALS FOR $530 MILLION FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA

(Received from UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.)

GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG, 29 July -- The United Nations today launched a 2003/04 Regional Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for southern Africa to provide life-saving assistance for 6.5 million people severely weakened by consecutive failed harvests, extreme poverty and HIV/AIDS.

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTRAGED BY CONTINUED HIGH RATE

OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN MONROVIA, LIBERIA

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

The Secretary-General is outraged at the continued high incidence of civilian casualties in and around Monrovia, as the result of indiscriminate shelling.