CONFERENCE MUST ISSUE CLARION CALL TO END UNSPEAKABLE EVILS OF RACISM,

CONFERENCE PRESIDENT SAYS

   Following is the text of an address today, as received, by Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa and President of the World Conference against Racism, at the opening ceremony of the Conference in Durban, South Africa:

SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT TELLS CONFERENCE ‘WE MUST COMBINE TO DEFEAT

CONSEQUENCES OF SLAVERY, COLONIALISM AND RACISM’

Following is the text of an address today by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the opening of the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa:

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN SEPTEMBER 2001

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in September, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

CONCLUDES TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION

Releases Observations and Recommendations on Senegal,

Syrian Arab Republic, Panama, Ukraine, Japan, Nepal, Germany and Israel

(Reissued as received)

FOCUS ON FUNDAMENTAL AIMS, NEW STRATEGIES NEEDED TO FIGHT RACISM,

UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TELLS CONFERENCE

Following is the text of an address today by Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretary-General of the World Conference against Racism, at the opening of the Conference in Durban, South Africa:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ENCOURAGES CONFERENCE TO WORK HARD TO MAKE

OUTCOME A LANDMARK FOR FURTHER ACTION AGAINST RACISM

Following is the text of a statement today by Harri Holkeri, President of the United Nations General Assembly, at the opening of the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa

MARY ROBINSON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM

Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, is Secretary-General of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance taking place in Durban, South Africa, from 31 August to 7 September. 

Mrs. Robinson, a former President of Ireland, has served as High Commissioner since June 1997.

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR WESTERN SAHARA MEETS

REPRESENTATIVES OF POLISARIO, ALGERIA, MAURITANIA IN WYOMING

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

SECRETARY GENERAL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR WORLD FOOD SUMMIT

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF GOVAN MBEKI

Following is the text of a statement issued in Durban, South Africa, today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General, with sadness, learned this morning of the death of Govan Mbeki, the father of President Thabo Mbeki, who himself was a leading figure in the African National Congress.