Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Interactive Panel (PM)

COMBATING ‘STIGMA,’ CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNERSHIPS, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION,

KEYS TO REVERSING SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS, SAY UN PANEL PARTICIPANTS

FAO CHIEF STRESSES NEED FOR TANGIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS

IN SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT

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      QUEBEC/ROME,21 September-- At the opening day of the XII World Forestry Congress (Quebec City, 21-28 Septembe), Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), stressed that sustainable management of forests rests on tangible achievements.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS ON MEMBER STATES TO REAFFIRM

PLEDGE TO HALT AND REVERSE HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC

Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Julian R. Hunte, at the high-level plenary meeting on HIV/AIDS, delivered today:

HIV/AIDS: ‘GREATEST LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FOLLOWING HIGH-LEVEL INTERACTIVE PANEL

Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s summary of the proceedings of the high-level interactive panel on HIV/AIDS, as delivered to the General Assembly this evening:

In accordance with General Assembly resolution S-26/2 of 2001, a high-level interactive panel on HIV/AIDS was held this afternoon.

DESPITE PROGRESS ON HIV/AIDS, ACTION ‘STILL FAR SHORT OF WHAT IS NEEDED’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the plenary session of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, in New York, 22 September:

Two years ago, the world’s nations agreed that defeating HIV/AIDS would require commitment, resources and action.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES COMMITMENT TO HUMAN DIGNITY

AT CONCERT FOR BAGHDAD BOMBING VICTIMS

The following remarks were made by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on Friday, 19 September, in introducing Gilberto Gil, Brazilian Cultural Minister, at a concert to mark the International Day of Peace and to honour colleagues killed in the bombing of the United Nations mission in Baghdad:

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

CONDEMNS RECENT INCIDENTS IN BUNIA

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Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

3^rd Meeting (AM)

OPENING HIGH-LEVEL GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING ON HIV/AIDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

CALLS FOR DRASTIC ACTION TO COMBAT DISEASE

Says That None of Agreed Targets Will Be

Achieved by 2005 at Current Rate of Progress

Security Council

4830^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES 15,000-STRONG STABILIZATION FORCE

FOR LIBERIA TO ASSIST PEACE PROCESS

Resolution 1509 (2003) Adopted Unanimously;

August Peace Agreement Aims at National Elections by End of 2005

STAFF COUNCIL ESTABLISHES RELIEF FUND FOR VICTIMS AND FAMILIES

OF BOMBING IN IRAQ, DONATES INITIAL $25,000