SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL’S LIFTING OF SANCTIONS ON LIBYA

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the adoption today by the Security Council of a resolution lifting sanctions against Libya.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY SADDENED’ AT DEATH OF ANNA LINDH,

FOREIGN MINISTER OF SWEDEN

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Anna Lindh:

I was shocked and deeply saddened this morning to learn of the death of Anna Lindh, the minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SHOCKED, SADDENED

AT DEATH OF SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER

Following is a statement by the President of the fifty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, Jan Kavan (Czech Republic):

CALM RETURNS TO LIBERIA'S WAR-WEARY

MONROVIA, 11 September (OCHA) -- The deployment yesterday of Economic Community of West African States mission in Liberia (ECOMIL) forces beyond the troubled towns of Kakata and Salala, extending into Totota (115 kilometres northeast of Monrovia), has brought renewed calm, said the United Nations Special Humanitarian Coordinator in Liberia, Ross Mountain.

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

Second Session

4^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT EXPRESS APPRECIATION

TO NGO COALITION FOR COORDINATING ROLE

States Parties to the International Criminal Court expressed their appreciation this morning to the NGO Coalition for the ICC for the coordinating role the organization will play between civil society and the Court.

ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF TERRORIST ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL

EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES, FRIENDS OF VICTIMS

Following is a statement by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States:

FAO SAYS FREER TRADE MUST BE FAIRER TRADE FOR FOOD SECURITY;

URGES WTO TO END EXPORT SUBSIDIES, LOWER IMPORT TARIFFS

(Reissued as received.)

WE APPROACH OPENING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY ‘WITH HEAVY HEARTS’,

IN AFTERMATH OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual interfaith service of commitment to the work of the United Nations at St. Bartholomew's Church, New York, delivered today by Gillian M. Sorensen, Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations:

IN MESSAGE TO WTO CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON TRADE MINISTERS

TO ADDRESS NEEDS OF WORLD’S POOREST

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Cancun, delivered today by Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development:

The rhetoric of global trade is filled with promise.

QUESTIONS OF INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF 1971 MONTREAL CONVENTION

ARISING FROM AERIAL INCIDENT AT LOCKERBIE

Cases of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United Kingdom, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v.

United States of America Removed from Court’s List at Joint Request of Parties

(Reissued as received.)