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.

DPI/NGO Annual Conference

AM & PM Meetings

FIFTY-SIXTH DPI/NGO CONFERENCE CONCLUDES AT HEADQUARTERS;

DRAWS RECORD 2,000 CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES

FOOTBALL WITHOUT BORDERS:  WINNERS ALL

Qatar to Host UNODC Football Camp for Iraqi and other Middle-Eastern Youth

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SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO ARTHR HELTON ‘A MODEL

OF COMMITMENT, CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVER’

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Council on Foreign Relations in tribute to Arthur Helton, delivered today by Edward Mortimer, Director of Communications:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS TWENTY INDIVIDUALS

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 9 September 2003 added the names of the following twenty individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

*Name: 1: MOHAMAD NASIR 2: ABAS 3: na 4: na

DEMOCRACY CANNOT BE IMPOSED FROM ABROAD, BUT INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS CAN ENCOURAGE, ASSIST SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MONGOLIA CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Fifth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, delivered by Danilo Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 10-12 September:

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

Second Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

ESTABLISHMENT OF BAR CONSIDERED BY STATES PARTIES

TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

The second session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, taking place from 8 to 12 September in New York, this morning considered the establishment of an International Criminal Bar.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES IMPRESSIVE, GLOBAL RESPONSE TO OZONE LAYER DESTRUCTION,

BUT WARNS ‘CANNOT BE COMPLACENT’, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed 16 September: