EXPERT GROUP ON DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION EDUCATION

TO MEET FROM 8-10 AUGUST IN CALIFORNIA

NEW YORK, 7 August (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- A group of governmental experts undertaking a United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation education will hold its second session from 8 to 10 August 2001, at the Center for Non-proliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

UN RAISES ARREST OF AID WORKERS WITH TALIBAN

UN MEETING SETS STAGE FOR NEGOTIATING NEW TREATY AGAINST CORRUPTION

(Reissued as received.)

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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

OF WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, 9 AUGUST

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RENEWED VOW NEVER TO REPEAT

HIROSHIMA/ NAGASAKI TRAGEDIES

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, delivered today by Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR END TO ‘CYCLE OF VIOLENCE’ IN MID-EAST

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

CENSUS EXPERTS TO TACKLE DIFFICULT ISSUES AT UNITED NATIONS SYMPOSIUM

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT ON INVESTIGATION OF MIDDLE EAST VIDEO

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: 

The Secretary-General has read the report of Mr. Connor’s investigation team with great care.  He accepts its findings and has authorized the release of the report to the press.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DYSANE ABDALLAH DORANI DIRECTOR

OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN CAIRO

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Mr. Dysane Dorani, a national of Djibouti, as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Cairo, Egypt. Mr. Dorani assumed his duties on 1 August.