A Japanese "Tea for Peace" ceremony will take place on Thursday, 14 September, at 12:30 p.m. in the North Delegates' Lounge.
Yukio Satoh, the Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, will host the occasion. Soshitsu Sen, Fifteenth Generation Grand Master of the 400-year-old Urasenke Tradition of Tea, will preside over the ceremony.
Following are the remarks delivered today at the annual prayer service at New Yorks Holy Family Church by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
It is a pleasure to join you again for this annual prayer service.
Following is the text of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Statement today to the first meeting of the Coordination Mechanism on Sierra Leone of the United Nations, the Economic Community of West African States and the Government of Sierra Leone:
- 2 - Press Release GA/SM/197 11 September 2000
- 2 - Press Release GA/SM/196 11 September 2000
New Items Include Role of United Nations in Promoting New Global Order, Global Partnerships, Role of Diamonds in Conflict
The General Assembly this morning adopted an agenda of 179 items for its fifty-fifth regular session, and decided that the session should recess not later than Tuesday, 5 December.
CORRECTION
On page 11 of Press Release GA/9755 issued 7 September, the fourth paragraph should read as follows:
The following statement was issued by the Spokeswoman for the Millennium Summit, Therese Gastaut, on behalf of the Co-chairs of the Summit, the President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, and the President of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, in New York on 8 September:
Press Release SG/SM/7540 of 8 September should read as follows:
Following is the text of the statement by Secretary General Kofi Annan to the closing session of the Millennium Summit, delivered this evening, 8 September:
Following is the text of the statement by Secretary General Kofi Annan to the closing session of the Millennium Summit, delivered this evening, 8 September:
Let me thank you all for coming to this historic Summit, and for the clarity of the course you have charted.
