‘UN REMAINS STRONGLY COMMITTED’ TO ERADICATION

OF LANDMINE THREAT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

The following message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fourth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, was delivered today in Geneva by Sergio Vieira de Mello, High Commissioner for Human Rights:

STRENGTHENING OF NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Forty-Sixth General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivered by Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, in Vienna today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES ‘SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP’ BETWEEN GLOBAL GOALS ON POVERTY,

NEW PLAN FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT, IN STATEMENT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the General Assembly devoted to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in New York on 16 September:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES OPENING OF DIRECT TALKS

FOR SETTLEMENT OF SRI LANKAN CONFLICT

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

MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SECURITY COUNCIL'S FIVE PERMANENT

MEMBERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL MEET, DISCUSS RANGE OF ISSUES

(Delayed in Transmission)

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‘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