Press Release

SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME AT SEPTEMBER SUMMIT WILL BE SUCCESS FOR ALL,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN STATEMENT TO CORE GROUP

WILD BIRDS EXPECTED TO SPREAD BIRD FLU VIRUS FURTHER

Countries Along Migratory Routes of Wild Birds

Should Be on Alert -- Emergency Preparedness Essential

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL GREATLY SADDENED AT PILGRIMS’ DEATHS IN BAGHDAD

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

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES CLOSER PARTNERSHIPS

TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

5254^th Meeting (PM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES UN INTEGRATED OFFICE IN SIERRA LEONE

TO FURTHER ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF CONFLICT

MAJOR REPORT STRESSES NATURAL RESOURCES AS PATH OUT OF POVERTY

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

287^th Meeting (AM)

POSITIVE MOMENTUM FROM ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL OF SETTLEMENTS WILL HOPEFULLY LEAD

TO JUST SOLUTION, PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TOLD

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS ‘SINCERE CONDOLENCES’ TO VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA

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

RECENT TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS:  NEW UNCTAD RESEARCH NOTE

(Reissued as received.)

STATEMENT BY BUREAU OF COMMITTEE ON PALESTINIAN RIGHTS

CONCERNING REMOVAL OF ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS

On 30 August 2005, the Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued the following statement: