SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONFERENCE TO MEET WORLD’S EXPECTATIONS

WITH CALL FOR ACTION TO COMBAT RACISM

Must Banish from New Century Hatred and Prejudice of Past

Following is the text of the opening address today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa:

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4363^rd Meeting (AM)

AS SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS ITS WORK FOR MONTH OF AUGUST,

SEVERAL SPEAKERS DEPLORE ‘INACTION’ ON MID-EAST

The Security Council today held its second “wrap-up” meeting to discuss its work over the past month under the Presidency of Colombia.  The first public wrap-up meeting was convened in June, on the initiative of the Council Presidency for that month, the delegation of Bangladesh.

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4362^nd Meeting (AM)

COUNCIL MAKES PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON IMPORTANCE OF, RESPONSIBILITIES FOR,

ADDRESSING QUESTION OF SMALL ARMS

In the first of two meetings this morning, the Security Council adopted a statement on small arms, read out by its President Guillermo Fernandez de Soto, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia.

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for September:

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NKOSAZANA DLAMINI ZUMA ELECTED PRESIDENT

OF WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM

Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, South Africa's Foreign Minister, was elected President of the World Conference against Racism as it opened in Durban this morning.

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: