Press Release

Committee on Relations

 with Host Country

225^th Meeting (AM)

ENTRY VISAS, NEW AIRPORT SECURITY MEASURES AMONG

ISSUES RAISED IN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE

REPORT BY FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION SAYS 12 MILLION PEOPLE NEED IMMEDIATE

EMERGENCY FOOD FOLLOWING POOR CEREAL HARVEST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

24 Sub-Saharan Countries Listed in Need of Aid

As War, Civil Strife, Adverse Weather, Economic Crisis Take Their Toll

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT MEMORIAL CEREMONY, SAYS WIESENTHAL CONVINCED HIM

OF NEED TO KEEP UNITED NATIONS AT CENTRE OF STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, DIGNITY

He Expresses Support for Establishing International Day of Holocaust Commemoration

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON ATTEMPTED

ASSASSINATION OF LEBANESE JOURNALIST

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Lauro Baja (Philippines) on the attempted assassination of May Chidiac:

UNITED NATIONS ASSESSES THREAT OF DAM COLLAPSE IN CAMEROON

NEW YORK, 27 September (OCHA) -- The United Nations has dispatched a team of experts to Lake Nyos, in Cameroon’s Northwest province, following reports that a natural dam on the lake could potentially collapse.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT ON DECOMMISSIONING OF IRA WEAPONS

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO ASIAN CONFERENCE ON DISASTER REDUCTION,

UNDERSCORES NEED FOR SUSTAINED POLITICAL, FINANCIAL COMMITMENT

Sustainable Development also Needed to Reduce Vulnerability, He Says

IN MESSAGE TO MARK WORLD HABITAT DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE

OF PRO-POOR, PARTICIPATORY URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN LINE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS

Evictions, Demolitions No Answer to Challenges of Urbanization, He Says

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Washington, D.C., early on Friday, 23 September, where he attended a forum on the theme, “Africa Matters”, at the Congressional Black Caucus.

Round-up of Session

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF CONCLUDES SIXTEENTH SESSION