Press Release

PARTNERSHIPS, FINANCE, SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION PATTERNS,

AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED, AS JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT CONTINUES

Fourth Partnership Plenary Focuses on 'Cross-Sectoral' Issues

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES, MARKET ACCESS, SUPPORT FOR SMALL FARMERS

AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED AT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

Holds Partnership Plenary on Agricultural Productivity

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

                                                                  SG/SM/8345*

1267 COMMITTEE APPROVES DELETION OF THREE INDIVIDUALS

AND THREE ENTITIES FROM ITS LIST

On 26 August 2002, the 1267 Committee approved the deletion of the three individuals and the three entities cited below from its consolidated list

(the Al-Qaida section)*.  The Committee’s decision is based on the information provided by two Member States.   

Individuals:

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Luanda on Sunday evening, 25 August, for a two-day official visit to Angola.

                                                                  SG/SM/8343*

SOCIETY OF WEALTHY ISLANDS SURROUNDED BY SEA OF POVERTY UNSUSTAINABLE,

SAYS SOUTH AFRICA'S PRESIDENT, OPENING JOHANNESBURG WORLD SUMMIT

UNEP Executive Director, Summit Secretary-General Also Speak;

Summit Plenary Focuses on Health, in First of Partnership Sessions

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

WORLD'S FUTURE COULD BE IRREPARABLY UNDERMINED WITHOUT IMMEDIATE ACTION

ON OVERUSE OF RESOURCES, JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT TOLD

Partnership Plenary Examines Biodiversity/Ecosystem Management

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

On Friday, 16 August, while on holiday in his native Ghana, Secretary-General Kofi Annan was awarded the traditional honorary title of “Busumuru” by the Ashanti people in his birthplace of Kumasi.

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, 5 - 23 AUGUST

Committee to Consider Reports of Canada, Senegal, Armenia,