THIRD PREPARATORY SESSION FOR WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY

MEETS IN GENEVA, 15-26 SEPTEMBER

Draft Declaration, Action Plan to Be Focus of Negotiations

Security Council

4820^th Meeting (Part II) (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL LIFTS SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON LIBYA

AFTER TERRORIST BOMBINGS OF PAN AM 103, UTA 772

Resolution 1506 Adopted by Vote of 13

In Favour, with 2 Abstentions (France, United States)

FORTY-NINTH SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION GOVERNING

COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 16 TO 18 SEPTEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 12 September (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its forty-ninth session from 16 to 18 September 2003 under the Presidency of Ambassador Michael Steiner (Germany).

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ELECTION OF VICTIMS TRUST FUND BOARD

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

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

Second Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT END SESSION

BY APPROVING 2004 BUDGET, FUND FOR POOREST COUNTRIES

Assembly Elects Directors to Fund for Victims of Crime

TOURISM TO EARTH’S MOST THREATENED AREAS SURGES

BY MORE THAN 100 PER CENT IN LAST DECADE

Most Comprehensive Report on Tourism and Biodiversity

Highlights Threats and Opportunities of World's Largest Global Industry

(Reissued as received.)

ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF TERRORIST ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL

EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES, FRIENDS OF VICTIMS

Following is a statement by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States:

FAO SAYS FREER TRADE MUST BE FAIRER TRADE FOR FOOD SECURITY;

URGES WTO TO END EXPORT SUBSIDIES, LOWER IMPORT TARIFFS

(Reissued as received.)

WE APPROACH OPENING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY ‘WITH HEAVY HEARTS’,

IN AFTERMATH OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual interfaith service of commitment to the work of the United Nations at St. Bartholomew's Church, New York, delivered today by Gillian M. Sorensen, Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY SADDENED’ AT DEATH OF ANNA LINDH,

FOREIGN MINISTER OF SWEDEN

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Anna Lindh:

I was shocked and deeply saddened this morning to learn of the death of Anna Lindh, the minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden.