IF EFFECTIVENESS OF UN ARMS REGISTER IS STRENGTHENED, IT CAN SERVE

AS SIGNIFICANT EARLY-WARNING MECHANISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms,

30 August 2002:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for September:

Security Council

Stefan Tafrov, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria, succeeds John

CHEMICAL HAZARDS, ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED

BY PARTNERSNIP INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED AT JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

The Secretary-General flew from Botswana to Lesotho on Wednesday morning, 28 August.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN SEPTEMBER 2002

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in September, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

MOZAMBIQUE’S CONTINUING SUCCESS IS ‘BEST POSSIBLE ANTIDOTE’ TO SKEPTICS,

CYNICS ABOUT AFRICA, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

      Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the dinner given by Joaquin Chissano, President of Mozambique, in Maputo on 29 August:

FLOODS AFFECTED OVER 17 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE

(Reissued as received.)

PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED AT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SUMMIT IN JOHANNESBURG

Aim at Priority Issues -- Water, Energy,

Health, Agricultural Production, Biodiversity

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

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CITY DWELLERS REPRESENT THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Meeting of States Parties Convention

on Elimination of Discrimination against Women

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

STATES PARTIES TO WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

ELECT 12 EXPERTS TO MONITORING COMMITTEE