FOLLOWING MEETING OF PRESIDENTS KAGAME, KABILA, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON BOTH

LEADERS TO STOP ONGOING FIGHTING IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

Security Council

4385^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS WIDE-RANGING ANTI-TERRORISM RESOLUTION;

CALLS FOR SUPPRESSING FINANCING, IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Resolution 1373 (2001) Also Creates Committee to Monitor Implementation

Security Council

4384^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL LIFTS SANCTIONS AGAINST SUDAN

Adopts Resolution 1372 (2001) by 14 Votes with 1 Abstention (United States)

UN POPULATION FUND LAUNCHES EMERGENCY EFFORT

TO SAVE AFGHAN WOMEN'S LIVES

Seeks $4.5 Million to Counter Health Risks Confronting Refugees

NEW YORK, 28 September (UNFPA) -- Responding to the grave health emergency now facing Afghan women, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is mounting its largest-ever humanitarian operation.  The Fund is asking international donors for $4.5 million to support the effort.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT HEADQUARTERS, 27 SEPTEMBER 2001

The Secretary-General:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  I am here with you today to discuss the desperate plight of the civilian Afghan population, and to let you know that the United Nations is taking it very seriously, and to share with you what the United Nations system and its humanitarian partners are doing about it.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SALUTING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS,

SAYS POLICIES, ATTITUDES ON AGEING MUST EVOLVE

Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan marking the International Day of Older Persons, 1 October:

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UN COMPENSATION COMMISSION

APPROVES AWARDS OF $365.3 MILLION

GENEVA, 27 September (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Sverre Bergh Johansen (Norway), has today approved awards of $365,317,337 for compensation.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

SOCIAL, HUMANITARIAN COMMITTEE ELECTS VICE-CHAIRMEN, RAPPORTEUR;

ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE RECTOR SAYS WORLD SHAKEN, CHANGED BY TERRORIST ATTACK;

INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE SHOULD BE CAREFULLY MEASURED, PRECISELY FOCUSED

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, 26 September -– The following statement was issued today by the Rector of the University for Peace, R. Martin Lees, concerning the terrorist attacks in the United States:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES MEETING BETWEEN ISRAEL, PALESTINIANS;

HOPES RESULT IS SUSTAINABLE DIALOGUE, END TO VIOLENCE

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