Press Release

IN REMARKS TO CARNEGIE COUNCIL, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES

MYTH, REALITY IN GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette, made today at the Carnegie Council Worldview Breakfast, New York:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON COOPERATION

FOR DEVELOPMENT, URGES NEW ‘DEVELOPMENT’ ROUND OF TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

Following is the text of the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to participants in the High-Level Dialogue on Cooperation for Development:

IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION, COMPLIANCE, SUPPORT FOR MINE VICTIMS RAISED,

AS PARTIES TO MINE-BAN CONVENTION CONCLUDE GENERAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

MANAGUA, 19 September -– The importance of cooperation among States, and between States and civil society, was emphasized today as States Parties to the Ottawa Convention concluded their general exchange of views.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UNITED STATES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The new Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, John D. Negroponte, presented his credentials this afternoon to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PALESTINIAN CEASEFIRE ORDER; ISRAELI

DECISION TO HALT OFFENSIVE MILITARY OPERATIONS

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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MINE-BAN CONVENTION PARTIES,

EVOKES ‘ENORMOUS’ CHALLENGES STILL AHEAD

Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Third Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine-Ban Convention.  The message was delivered in Managua on the Secretary-General’s behalf today by Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, Jayantha Dhanapala:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF INTER-KOREAN DIALOGUE

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s statement on Afghanistan by the President of the Security Council, Jean-David Levitte (France):

Members of the Security Council heard a full briefing by Under-Secretary-General Prendergast on the political, military and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, including the dire consequences of Taliban rule for the Afghan people.

Security Council

4375^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

In a brief meeting this afternoon, the Security Council adopted without a vote its annual report to the General Assembly for the period 16 June 2000 to

15 June 2001.