ENTRY INTO FORCE OF CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY ‘LANDMARK

FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the 11 September entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety:

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                            DEV/2438

FOREIGN MINISTERS OF SECURITY COUNCIL PERMANENT MEMBERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TO MEET ON IRAQ 13 SEPTEMBER IN GENEVA

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

FIRES ARE INCREASINGLY DAMAGING WORLD’S FORESTS, FAO SAYS

Millions of Hectares Destroyed Every Year with High Loss of Life

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 9 September (FAO) -- Fires are increasingly damaging the world's forests, destroying millions of hectares of valuable timber and other forest products every year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.

Security Council

4820^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL POSTPONES ACTION ON LIFTING LIBYA SANCTIONS UNTIL 12 SEPTEMBER

ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT FOCUS

OF UN TASK FORCE MEETING IN GENEVA, 12 – 13 SEPTEMBER

The role of information technology in education and development will be the central topic of the fifth meeting of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force, to be held on 12 and 13 September at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva.

DPI/NGO Annual Conference

AM & PM Meetings

NGO CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON EDUCATION FOR PEACE, ISSUES

CONCERNING OPPRESSION, EMPOWERMENT

As the fifty-sixth annual DPI/NGO Conference entered its second day, several speakers discussed the topic of “Educating for a Secure Future” during the morning plenary session.

CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY TAKES EFFECT 11 SEPTEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

MONTREAL, 9 September (UNEP) -- The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the first legally binding international agreement governing the transboundary movement of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology, enters into force on Thursday, 11 September 2003.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘UNITY OF PURPOSE AROUND A COMMON SECURITY AGENDA’

Security Council Must ‘Regain

The Confidence of States and of World Public Opinion’

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ISRAELI ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

OF HAMAS SPIRITUAL LEADER

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

The Secretary-General is greatly troubled by the intensifying cycle of violence, retaliation and revenge between Israelis and Palestinians.  He deplores the tendency of both sides to disregard their obligation to protect civilians under international humanitarian law.