ANNUAL SERVICE HELD AT TIME WHEN UNITED NATIONS FAMILY BADLY NEEDS

SOLACE OF PRAYER, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following are the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the prayer service held at the Holy Family Church in New York today:

UNITED NATIONS LOOKS TO SPORTS WORLD TO ADVANCE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

NEW YORK, 17 September -- The world could be a healthier and less dangerous place if nations invested more seriously in their citizens’ right to participate in sports.  This is among the main findings of a report published by 10 United Nations agencies at the request of Secretary-General Kofi Annan. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ACCEPTANCE BY ALL STATES OF CONVENTION AGAINST LANDMINES,

PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO AFFECTED STATES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

94^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CLOSES 57^TH SESSION; UNANIMOUSLY

CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UN OFFICE IN BAGHDAD

Outgoing Assembly President Calls

For ‘Far More Decisive’ Role for UN in Guiding World’s Affairs

SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS,

ENCOURAGES COUNTRIES TO CONCLUDE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the forty-seventh General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, delivered today by Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs:

UN FOOD PROGRAMME RELIEF SHIP BOUND FOR SOUTHERN LIBERIA

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MONROVIA, 12 September (OCHA) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) relief-ship, Martin I Majuro, steamed out of Monrovia harbour this afternoon (1300 GMT) bound for the small coastal town of Harper, some 236 nautical miles south of the Liberian capital, Monrovia.

AT CONCLUSION OF 57^TH SESSION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS UN NEEDS MAJOR

REFORM TO PLAY MORE DECISIVE ROLE IN WORLD AFFAIRS

Following is the statement, as delivered by Assembly President Jan Kavan (Czech Republic) to today’s concluding meeting of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly:

UN INTERNAL OVERSIGHT OPENS NEW INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE IN VIENNA