Security Council

4606th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UN MISSION IN ETHIOPIA

AND ERITREA FOR SIX MONTHS

Resolution 1434 (2002) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), at unchanged levels of troops and military observers, for six months ending 15 March 2003.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TREATY-SIGNING EVENT CONCLUDES AT UN HEADQUARTERS

Representatives of 48 States Affirm Support for Sustainable

Development-Related and Other Multilateral Legal Instruments

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

111^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZES WORKING GROUP ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS; DEFERS OTHER MATTERS TO 57th SESSION

The General Assembly authorized its working group on Security Council reform to continue negotiations as it met this morning to consider a number of items that remained on its agenda.

AT SECRETARY-GENERAL’S INVITATION, PRESIDENTS OF CAMEROON, NIGERIA

MEET IN PARIS TO DISCUSS BAKASSI PENINSULA, OTHER ISSUES

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS, ‘IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’, ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

AGAINST AFGHAN PRESIDENT AND KABUL CAR BOMB EXPLOSION

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

Security Council

4605^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESS STRONG SUPPORT

FOR EFFORTS OF UN MISSION IN KOSOVO

Speakers in the Security Council this morning strongly supported efforts of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) towards fostering the rule of law in that province, following a briefing by Hedi Annabi, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.

Round-up

WORLD SUMMIT DECLARES 'FAULT LINE' BETWEEN RICH AND POOR THREATENS PROSPERITY,

ADOPTS BROAD MEASURES TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY, PROTECT ENVIRONMENT

Plan Contains Global Targets on Poverty, Clean Water, Sanitation;

Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Loss of Biodiversity Also Addressed

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

The Secretary-General arrived in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, in the morning of Thursday, 29 August.

EDUCATION SHOULD BE AT FOREFRONT OF ALL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR AFRICA,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS TO CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS

Also Addresses Issues of Peace, Democracy, HIV/AIDS, Sustainable Development

(Delayed in transmission.)

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a meeting with civil society leaders in Maputo, Mozambique on 29 August:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT SUSPENSION OF SUDAN PEACE TALKS

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