Note No. 5751

‘CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT ARE MORTAL ENEMIES’, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS

HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

The following statement was delivered today by Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the General Assembly, at the General Assembly’s high-level plenary meeting on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD):

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‘HUMAN SECURITY’ DEPENDS NOT ONLY ON PEACE OF ARMS BUT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC WELL-BEING,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS

Following is the text of an address by General Assembly President Jan Kavan (Czech Republic) on 15 September (United Nations Sunday) at the Cathedral of

Saint John the Divine in New York:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Panel Discussion (PM)

AT PANEL DISCUSSION, AFRICAN LEADERS CONSIDER WAYS TO SUPPORT

NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT

Participants Include Presidents

Of Nigeria, South Africa, Algeria, Senegal

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

11^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WELCOMES NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT

AS SERIOUS COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING CONTINENT’S ASPIRATIONS

Declaration on Development Partnership Adopted Unanimously

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

10^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY HOLDS HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY MEETING TO CONSIDER SUPPORT

FOR NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT

Speaker’s Include Secretary-General, Presidents

of Nigeria, South Africa, Algeria, Senegal, Ghana, Gabon

15 September 2002

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES COLOMBIA’S EFFORTS AIMED AT STRENGTHENING

PROSPECTS FOR NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT

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

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

9^th Meeting (PM)

INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF GLOBALIZATION’S BENEFITS IS FERTILE SOIL

FOR EXTREMISTS, SAY SPEAKERS IN ASSEMBLY’S GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

8^th Meeting (AM)

AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT, MIDDLE EAST, UN REFORM AMONG ISSUES

DISCUSSED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DEBATE