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SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES REGRET THAT TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER

CANNOT ATTEND NEW YORK TALKS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PRESERVATION OF OZONE LAYER

Following is the text of a statement from Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the occasion of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

(16 September 2001):

MAIN COMMITTEE TO MEET AS RACISM CONFERENCE

GENERAL DEBATE COMES TO AN END

DURBAN, 7 September -- As delegates worked to complete action on the final documents on the last scheduled day of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, dozens of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) this morning urged them to address a range of issues to improve the situation of the millions of victims of daily discrimination.

Committee on Information

Resumed Twenty-third Session

8^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION WHICH WILL EXPAND UN RADIO’S CAPACITY, AS IT CONCLUDES RESUMED TWENTY-THIRD SESSION

Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

111^th Meeting (AM)

WITH CONCLUSION OF FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION IMPENDING, GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ACTS ON REMAINING AGENDA ITEMS

Texts Adopted Include Issue of Chemical Weapons,

Culture of Peace, Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Africa

HAMMARSKJÖLD'S CORE IDEAS REMAIN VALID IN NEW INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPLAINS IN MEMORIAL LECTURE

Following is the text of the Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture entitled Dag Hammarskjöld and the 21st Century, delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Uppsala, Sweden:

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON IRAQ

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

Members of the Security Council have heard a briefing by the Executive Director of the Office of the Iraq Programme on the decision of Iraq to declare persona non grata five United Nations personnel of the Office of the Iraq Programme.

CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM CONTINUES TO HEAR CONCERNS

OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

ACTION TAKEN BY WORKING GROUPS ON DRAFT DECLARATION

AND DRAFT ACTION PROGRAMME, 5 SEPTEMBER

DURBAN, 6 September -- On Wednesday 5 September, Working Group I on the draft declaration for the World Conference on Racism held three meetings and Working Group II on the draft programme of action met four times.