SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ECUADOR AS ‘RICHLY DESERVED’ RECIPIENT OF 2002

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY AWARD

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan´s message at the presentation of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award, delivered by S. Iqbal Riza, Chef de Cabinet, in New York on 19 September:

'NO NATION CAN CONSIDER ITSELF IMMUNE' FROM EVENTS FAR AWAY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CONCERNING WORLD ECONOMY

Following is the text, as delivered, of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ministerial meeting of the “Group of 77” developing countries and China today:

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’