‘OUR PLACE IS BESIDE THOSE IN DISTRESS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS STAFF

AT SPECIAL MEETING FOR TERROR VICTIMS

Following is the text of remarks to staff made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a special meeting in tribute to the memory of the victims of the terrorist acts that struck the United States:

Dear friends,

PEACE A DREAM DEFERRED THIS YEAR, SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS AT PEACE BELL CEREMONY

Following is the text of remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the annual ceremony of the ringing of the Peace Bell, held today at Headquarters:

Security Council

4372^nd Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNMEE UNTIL 15 MARCH 2002

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), at unchanged troop and military observer levels, until 15 March 2002.

HOST COUNTRY IN MOURNING, BUT WITH ITS SPIRIT INTACT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS UNITED NATIONS STAFF

“Our host city is deeply wounded.  Our host country is in mourning, but its magnificent spirit is not broken”, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told United Nations staff this morning at a special meeting to pay tribute to the memory of victims of recent terrorist violence in the United States.

General Committee

Fifty-sixth Session

1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM, PM & Night)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 188-ITEM GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA,

INCLUDING PROPOSAL FOR CONVENTION AGAINST HUMAN CLONING

Biographical Note                                           BIO/3378/Rev.1*

WE MUST HAVE FAITH IN EACH OTHER, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERFAITH SERVICE

Following is the text of an address given today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Interfaith Service of Commitment to the United Nations:

Thank you for welcoming us today to this interfaith service of commitment to the United Nations.  As always in difficult times, it is comforting to be among friends.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAN SEUNG-SOO, 12 SEPTEMBER

The President:  Before the interview, I would like to say a few words.

Mere words cannot express the outrage at the terrorist acts yesterday.  I condemn in the strongest possible terms those heinous acts of terrorism.  I pray for those who lost their lives, and offer my deepest condolences to the families of the innocent victims.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

2^nd Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS 21 VICE-PRESIDENTS, MAIN COMMITTEES’ CHAIRPERSONS

This afternoon, the fifty-sixth regular session of the General Assembly, among other things, elected its 21 Vice-Presidents.  The Assembly was also informed about the election of its Main Committees’ Chairpersons.

STATES PARTIES TO OTTAWA CONVENTION MAINTAIN DATES OF MANAGUA MEETING

The Government of Nicaragua, in consultation with the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personal Mines and on Their Destruction, has decided to maintain the dates of the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Ottawa Convention in Managua, from 18 to 21 September.