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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CAPE VERDE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Luis de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca, the new Permanent Representative of Cape Verde to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SAINT VINCENT AND GRENADINES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Margaret Hughes Ferrari, the new Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, today presented her credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Abdulaziz Nasser R. Al-Shamsi, the new Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SOMALIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Ahmed Abdi Hashi, the new Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UKRAINE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

The new Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Valeriy P. Kuchinsky, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRALIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

John Dauth, the new Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today. 

                Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

We are all traumatized by this terrible tragedy.  We do not know yet how many people have been killed or injured, but inevitably the number will be high.  Our first thoughts and prayers must be for them and for their families.  I wish to express my profound condolences to them, and to the people and Government of the United States.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

ON TERRORIST ATTACKS IN UNITED STATES

Following is the text of today’s press statement on the terrorist attacks in the United States by the President of the Security Council, Jean-David Levitte (France):

Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Nane Annan arrived in Sweden from Africa in the morning of Wednesday, 5 September.

SECRETARY-GENERAL FOCUSES ON AIDS, POVERTY, PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

IN SPEECH TO NGOS

Following is the text of a statement made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in New York this morning to the fifty-fourth Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization (DPI/NGO) Conference: