STAFF COUNCIL ESTABLISHES RELIEF FUND FOR VICTIMS AND FAMILIES

OF BOMBING IN IRAQ, DONATES INITIAL $25,000

HIGH-LEVEL PANEL CALLS FOR FURTHER MEASURES TO BATTLE

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND BIAS

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“SITUATION WITH OPIUM CULTIVATION IN AFGHANISTAN REMAINS

DIFFICULT”, SAYS UN COUNTER-NARCOTICS CHIEF

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SECRETARY-GENERAL RINGS PEACE BELL FOR UN COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS

STRUCK IN BAGHDAD, PEOPLE OF EVERY NATION NEEDING PEACE

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on ringing the peace bell in observance of the International Day of Peace (21 September):

STATEMENT BY ECOSOC AD HOC ADVISORY GROUP ON GUINEA-BISSAU

NEW YORK, 18 September -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Guinea-Bissau hereby calls on donors to consider extending emergency assistance for Guinea-Bissau to be able to return to democratic rule following the resignation of President Kumba Yala.

ANNA LINDH REMEMBERED AS ‘UNIQUE SOURCE OF INSPIRATION,

GREAT FRIEND OF UN’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the memorial ceremony for Anna Lindh, former Foreign Minister of Sweden, in Stockholm today, 19 September, delivered by Hans Corell, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs:

UN REFUGEE AGENCY LAUNCHES NEW GUIDELINES TO BETTER PROTECT

REFUGEE WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE

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GENEVA, 19 September (UNHCR) -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday invited the humanitarian and development communities to join forces in combatting sexual and gender-based violence against refugees, returnees and internally displaced people.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AMENDS TALIBAN INDIVIDUALS

SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

GLOBAL SCHOOLNET ALLIANCE CREATED FOR WORLD SUMMIT

Students and Educators Will Examine

How Information Society Impacts Human Rights Declaration

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UN DRUGS CHIEF:  DRUG, HUMAN TRAFFICKING FUEL GLOBAL TERROR

UN to Step up Anti-Narcotic Efforts in CIS Region

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