Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

5^th Meeting (PM)

VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ URGES WORLD LEADERS TO REAFFIRM

COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSE OF TERRORISM

China, Russian Federation Call for Creation

Of New International Security Architecture in Increasingly Interdependent World

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

4^th Meeting (AM)

DRUG TRAFFICKING, TERRORISM, DEEPENING POVERTY, AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED

SECRETARY-GENERAL TOASTS TO ‘ERA OF COMMITMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION’

AT HEADQUARTERS LUNCHEON

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the luncheon held on the occasion of the general debate in New York on 12 September:

Don’t worry, I will be brief.  I think you’ve listened to enough speeches this morning.

WHEN FORCE IS CONSIDERED, THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR LEGITIMACY PROVIDED

BY UNITED NATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESS

Following is the text, as delivered, of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly today:

We cannot begin today without reflecting on yesterday’s anniversary -– and on the criminal challenge so brutally thrown in our faces on 11 September 2001. 

‘TERRORISM IS OUR IRRECONCILABLE ENEMY’ SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

ON ANNIVERSARY OF ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES

Following is the statement of General Assembly President Jan Kavan (Czech Republic) at the “Ceremony of Remembrance” in New York on 11 September:

ADDRESSING ANNUAL INTERFAITH SERVICE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

EVOKES FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF UNITED NATIONS

Following is the statement of Jan Kavan, President of the fifty-seventh General Assembly, to the Annual Interfaith Service of commitment to the work of the United Nations, New York, 11 September 2002:

MIDDLE EAST, ANTI-TERRORISM WAR HIGHLIGHTED AS ISSUES

OF FOCUS FOR FIFTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION

President Also Underlines HIV/AIDS, Poverty Eradication, Sustainable Development

The following is the text of the statement that was made by Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly, at the opening of the fifty-seventh session on 10 September:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

3^rd Meeting (PM)

AFGHAN, YUGOSLAV LEADERS POINT TO CHANGE AS THEIR SOCIETIES EMERGE FROM CONFLICT

Continuing International Support Stressed as Assembly General Debate Continues

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

2^nd Meeting (AM)

AS GENERAL DEBATE OF 57^TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

INDISPENSABLE NECESSITY OF MULTILATERALISM

United States President Bush Calls on International Community

To Stand Up for Its Security, Saying Iraqi Government a ‘Grave Danger’

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT, CONCLUDES 2002 SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 12 September (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament today adopted its annual report and concluded its 2002 session after hearing statements welcoming the "Five Ambassadors" initiative to end the stalemate in the work of the Conference, marking the first anniversary of the