Press Release

FOREIGN MINISTER OF JAPAN ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

Conference Hears Statements by France, Cuba, Republic

Of Korea, United Kingdom, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Japan

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN PEACE TALKS BEING HELD IN KENYA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

AIR POLLUTION CUTS HELP FORESTS RECOVER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 2 September (UNECE) -- The latest report on forest condition in Europe indicates that drastic reductions in sulphur emissions have led to decreasing concentrations of sulphur in the needles of Norway spruce and Scots pine (see graph below).

DELEGATES CALL FOR STRONG FINAL DECLARATION

AS TEST-BAN-TREATY DEBATE CONTINUES

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 3 September (CTBTO) -- Several speakers emphasized the need for a strong final document at the conclusion of the 2003 Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) as delegates continued their general debate this afternoon.

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom):

Members of the Security Council:

CONFERENCE ON FACILITATING ENTRY INTO FORCE OF NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN

TREATY OPENS IN VIENNA

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 3 September (CTBTO) -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan called upon all States that had yet to sign or ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) to do so without delay, as the 2003 Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT opened this morning in Vienna, Austria.

DPI/NGO CONFERENCE TO BE WEBCAST AROUND GLOBE FOR FIRST TIME

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

217^th Meeting (PM)           

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE ELECTS CHAIRMAN, DISCUSSES PARKING,

SECURITY FOR DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS

The Committee on Relations with the Host Country this afternoon elected a new Chairman and discussed several other matters, including parking and security for diplomatic missions.

EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS FOR DEVELOPMENT

AT HEADQUARTERS 4-5 SEPTEMBER

NEW YORK, 3 September (DESA) -- The Division for Public Administration and Development Management in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs is organizing an Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Knowledge Systems for Development, from 4-5 September 2003 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. 

COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT HAS KEY ROLE IN GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY EFFORTS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO OSLO MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the General Assembly of the International Cooperative Alliance in Oslo, 3 September: