SC/7494*

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

212^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES NEW PROVISIONAL PARKING PROGRAMME

Issuance of Visas, Real Estate Taxes also Raised by Delegations

The United States Mission to the United Nations and the City of New York had agreed on a provisional diplomatic parking programme, the Committee on Relations with the Host Country was told this afternoon.

FINAL SUMMIT ROUND TABLE DISCUSSES IMPLEMENTATION, PLAN

AGRICULTURE, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, AMONG OTHER ISSUES

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SOUND MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

CRUCIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE TELLS SUMMIT

Johannesburg Concludes High-Level Debate;

Summit Expected to Adopt Political Declaration, Action Plan

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, TRADE PROTECTIONISM AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED

IN THIRD WORLD SUMMIT ROUND TABLE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

                                                            ENV/DEV/700

GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN FUND, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REFORM,

AMONG ISSUES AT SECOND SUMMIT ROUND TABLE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN SOCIETY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IS CORE CONCERN

OF JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Common Action Plan Must Be Adopted

By Governments; Should Be Reinforced with Voluntary Partnerships

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a high-level round table in Johannesburg today:

‘WE MUST ENSURE THAT WHAT WE ACHIEVE HERE OPENS AN ERA OF IMPLEMENTATION’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN JOHANNESBURG REMARKS

Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a dinner hosted by Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, in Johannesburg on 2 September:

WITH SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY, COMMITMENT, PARTNERSHIP, `WE CAN CHANGE THIS WORLD

FOR THE BETTER’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS EVENT IN SOWETO

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at an event organized by Dr. Jane Goodall in Soweto on 2 September: