SECRETARY-GENERAL, APPALLED BY RECENT MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE,

REITERATES CALL FOR END TO VIOLENCE AND TERROR

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

CRAFT NEW ERA FOR AGEING IN NEW CENTURY, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN DAY OF OLDER PERSONS MESSAGE

The following is the message issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, 1 October:

Security Council

4611^th Meeting* (AM)

BRIEFING SECURITY COUNCIL ON AFGHANISTAN, SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE CALLS FOR SUSTAINED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

Afghans Expect Real Improvement in Their Lives, He Says

UNITED NATIONS YEARBOOK COLLECTION PUBLISHED FOR FIRST TIME,

PLACING 53 YEARS OF UNITED NATIONS HISTORY ON CD-ROM

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT EXPRESSES HOPE THAT CONFLICTING PARTIES

WILL OBSERVE CEASEFIRE ON DAY OF PEACE

Following is the message by Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly, for the International Day of Peace, 21 September:

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO CONVENE CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE

AT HEADQUARTERS ON 23 AND 24 SEPTEMBER

NEW YORK, 19 September -- The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People on 23 and

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

17^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE CALL FOR FURTHER EFFORTS

TO ADDRESS CONFLICTS IN CENTRAL ASIA, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA

Saudi Arabia Cites Need for Achievement of Palestinian Rights;

Georgia Draws Attention to Deterioration of Georgian-Russian Relations

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

16^th Meeting (AM)

IRAQ COMPLETELY FREE OF NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL WEAPONS,

IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sweden Welcomes Iraqi Decision to Cooperate with United Nations;

Stresses that Weapons of Mass Destruction are ‘the Heart of the Issue’

WORLD EXPERTS TO REVIEW CHALLENGES FOR ENHANCING LEADERSHIP OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

IN GLOBALIZING WORLD, IN TURIN 19-20 SEPTEMBER

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today's press statement on Afghanistan by the President of the Security Council, Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria):

After listening to a briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Lakhdar Brahimi, on recent developments in Afghanistan, Council members met in informal consultations.