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UNEP/122
03/10/2002
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UNEP/122


SEAS IN ASIA, NORTH-WEST PACIFIC AND WEST AFRICA


AT HIGHEST RISK FROM LAND-BASED POLLUTION


UNEP Calls on Governments to Back

Wastewater Emission Targets as Key Step to Cleaning Up Seas


AMSTERDAM/NAIROBI (UNEP), 3 October -- The coastal habitats, fisheries, marine wildlife and the people of the Asian, North-West Pacific and West African sea regions are the most threatened in the world from untreated sewage discharged into coastal waters.

SG/SM/8415
03/10/2002
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SG/SM/8415


SECRETARY GENERAL'S REMARKS AT MEMORIAL SERVICE


FOR FOUNDER OF 'SEEDS OF PEACE'


Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the memorial service for John Wallach, Founder of Seeds of Peace, New York, 3 October:


Many people dream of peace in the world.  Few devote their lives, hearts and minds to trying to make that dream come true.  John Wallach was one of those few.

SG/SM/8414-OBV/294
03/10/2002
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SG/SM/8414
OBV/294


MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO NATURAL HAZARDS, SAYS


SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION


Following is the Secretary-General's message for the International Day for Disaster Reduction -- "Disaster reduction for sustainable mountain development",

9 October 2002:

SG/SM/8413
03/10/2002
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SG/SM/8413


ROLE OF UN IS ‘TO PLACE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF HUMAN BEINGS AT CENTRE

OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO’, SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS


Following is the text of remarks by Secretary General Kofi Annan at the inauguration today of Lee Bollinger as President of Colombia University in New York:


It is always a special honour to visit this great university.  Any institution of learning is of importance to the United Nations, but Columbia is doubly so.

SC/7521
03/10/2002
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SC/7521


PRESS STATEMENT ON COUNCIL PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR OCTOBER


BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is yesterday’s press statement on the Security Council’s programme of work for October by Council President Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon):


The members of the Security Council reviewed their programme of work for the month of October.

SC/7520
03/10/2002
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SC/7520


PRESS STATEMENT ON UNMOVIC, MITROVICA, UNIKOM BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is today’s press statement on the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), Mitrovica and the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM) by the President of the Security Council, Martin Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon):