UNITED NATIONS ENCOURAGES GULF COUNTRIES TO INCREASE SUPPORT TO SUDAN

DPI/NGO Annual Conference

AM & PM Meetings

THREE-DAY DPI/NGO CONFERENCE AIMED AT ASSESSING PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS CONCLUDES AT HEADQUARTERS

THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS FLEE THEIR HOMES IN EASTERN Democratic Republic of Congo

Fifty-eight General Assembly submits provisional agenda,

 

work programme to forthcoming session

 

The fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly this morning submitted to the forthcoming session the provisional agenda as well as the programme of work for the Assembly’s plenary meetings.

Security Council

5030^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL UNDERSCORES NEED FOR TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF HAITI

TO EXTEND AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT COUNTRY

Also Stresses, in Presidential Statement, Need for UN Mission

To Actively Assist Haiti in Addressing Activities of Illegal Armed Groups

Secretary-General praises global festival’s commitment to peace,

understanding in message to first world culture open

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the World Culture Open (WCO), delivered by Maurice Strong, Special Adviser and Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, in New York, 10 September:

GRAZ HOSTS UNITED NATIONS SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE SOLUTIONS FOR WATER MANAGEMENT

(Reissued as received.)

FAO warns of pesticide waste time bomb in poor countries;

Agency running out of funds for clean-up operations

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 9 September (FAO) -- High quantities of toxic chemical waste from unused or obsolete pesticides are posing a continuing and worsening threat to people and the environment in Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, FAO warned today.

International Covenant on Civil

 and Political Rights

29^th Meeting (AM)

States Parties to International Civil, political rights

 

covenant elect nine members to monitoring body

 

Secretary-General horrified by car bombing at Australian embassy in Jakarta

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