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

FOURTH MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO OTTAWA CONVENTION

TO BE HELD IN GENEVA FROM 16 TO 20 SEPTEMBER

UNEP TO ASSESS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IN AFGHANISTAN

KABUL/NAIROBI, 12 September (UNEP) -- Five teams totalling 20 Afghan and international scientists and experts will depart Kabul today to collect samples and examine sites around the country in the first-ever effort to assess how 30 years of conflict have affected Afghanistan's environment.

‘ALL HUMANITY HAS A STAKE IN THIS FIGHT’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

TO SECURITY COUNCIL ON ANNIVERSARY OF ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security

Council meeting on the anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States:

I am happy that you are here and also so many Foreign Ministers who are marking this solemn occasion with us.

NO GREATER AFFRONT TO SPIRIT OF UNITED NATIONS THAN 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACKS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO COMMEMORATION AT HEADQUARTERS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the commemoration of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States at Headquarters on 11 September: 

'9/11 PUT ALL OUR FAITHS TO THE TEST' SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN ADDRESS TO ANNUAL INTERFAITH SERVICE

Following is the address of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual interfaith service of commitment to the work of the United Nations in New York on 11 September:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONTINUING VIGILANCE IN PROTECTING OZONE LAYER

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, on 16 September:

Life started to develop significantly on our planet only after the ozone layer was in place in the stratosphere to filter out harmful levels of sunlight.  The battle to repair this life-sustaining system is far from over.