UNODC ANNOUNCES MAJOR REDUCTION IN 2005 OPIUM POPPY CULTIVATION IN AFGHANISTAN

UNODC Executive Director Says One Field

Out of Five Cultivated in 2004 Was Not Replanted in 2005

(Reissued as received.)

IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

FOR REDOUBLING OF EFFORTS TO TURN BEIJING COMMITMENT INTO REALITY

Secretary-General welcomes completion of iraq’s new constitution,

 

urges parties to continue inclusive process

The following statement was issued on Sunday, 28 August, by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

2005 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

5251^st Meeting (AM)

OVERALL SITUATION IN TIMOR-LESTE CALM, BUT SECURITY OF UN PERSONNEL

REMAINS MAJOR CONCERN, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Earthquake engineers’ knowledge essential for establishing building standards,

 

Secretary-General tells Skopje Conference

Early in the morning of Tuesday, 23 August, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, accompanied by his wife Nane, arrived in Zinder, Niger, for a two-day visit to the country.

NIGER , NIGERIA ’S NATURAL CAPITAL VITAL FOR FIGHTING PESTILENCE, DROUGHT

New Project Helps Communities Manage, Restore Fragile Land, Forest , Water Supplies

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IN MESSAGE TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES

PEOPLE OF BURUNDI FOR SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF TRANSITIONAL PROCESS

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE DETERMINED TO SUPPORT MEASURES

TO FACILITATE PEACE PROCESS IN C ÔTE D’IVOIRE