Press Release

LITERACY PREREQUISITE FOR REACHING GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN LITERACY DAY MESSAGE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of Literacy Day, observed 8 September:

SWITZERLAND MAKES OFFER TO UNOG MODULAR SYSTEM FOR EXHIBITIONS, RESTORATION

OF FRESCOS IN DELEGATES’ SALON TO MARK ITS ENTRY TO UN

(Reissued as received.)

CITES AUTHORIZES 2003 CAVIAR QUOTAS AS CASPIAN SEA

STURGEON STOCKS START TO RECOVER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 5 September (CITES) -– The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has approved quotas for Caspian Sea sturgeon catch and caviar exports in 2003.

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

AM & PM Meetings

UN CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AGREES TO PRESS

GOVERNMENTS TO DEMAND DESTRUCTION OF WALL IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Action Plan Adopted Today Also Calls for Educating Public,

Tabling of New Resolutions in General Assembly, Security Council

ASSEMBLY OF STATES PARTIES TO ROME STATUTE OF INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL COURT TO MEET 8-12 SEPTEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

THE HAGUE, 5 September (ICC Secretariat) -- The second session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will take place in New York from 8 to 12 September 2003.

GLOBAL DISARMAMENT EFFORTS SURVEYED IN ANNUAL YEARBOOK ISSUED TODAY IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, 5 September (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The 2002United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, published by the Department for Disarmament Affairs, was released today.  As described by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the first chapter:

CONFERENCE ON TEST-BAN TREATY CONCLUDES; FINAL DECLARATION

CALLS FOR UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION

(Reissued as received.)

GRAZ HOSTS SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE APPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

AM & PM Meetings

CIVIL SOCIETY SUPPORT INDISPENSABLE TO ACHIEVING MIDDLE EAST ‘ROAD MAP’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS TWO-DAY HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE OPENS

Panel Discussions Address Such Issues as Israeli ‘Separation Wall’,

Obstacles to Assistance, Grass-Roots Activism in Occupied Territories

Meeting on Role of Civil Society

in Conflict Prevention

AM Meeting

MEETING ON ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN CONFLICT PREVENTION HEARS CALLS

FOR COORDINATION, PARTNERSHIP AMONG GOVERNMENTS, NGOS, UN BODIES