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:

PRESS STATEMENT ON CYPRUS BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

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

Security Council

4383^rd Meeting (PM)

INSTALLATION OF BURUNDI’S TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT ON 1 NOVEMBER

`TURNING POINT’ IN PEACE PROCESS SAYS SECURITY COUNCIL

The Security Council this afternoon voiced strong support for the 1 November installation of the transitional government in Burundi.