MIDDLE EAST EVENTS OF RECENT DAYS TRAGIC STEP AWAY FROM PLAN AGREED UPON

LAST WEEK BY 'QUARTET', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on the Middle East in New York on 23 September:

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Sixth Committee

1st Meeting (PM)

SIXTH COMMITTEE MEETS TO ORGANIZE WORK FOR FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION;

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SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS IMMEDIATE HALT TO ISRAELI MEASURES IN RAMALLAH,

‘EXPEDITIOUS’ ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL TO PRE-SEPTEMBER 2000 POSITIONS

Council Adopts Resolution 1435 (2002)

By 14-0-1 Vote, with United States Abstaining

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES NEW ROUND OF UNITED NATIONS REFORM

NEW YORK, 23 September -- Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan announced today a plan to further strengthen the United Nations and improve its ability to meet the challenges placed before it by the Member States and the world’s peoples.

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

Civil Society Conference

PM Meeting

AT CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SPELLS OUT OVERALL

CONTEXT FOR ENDING MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People, delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Kieran Prendergast:

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ROADMAP FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE MUST BE BUILT ON PERFORMANCE

AND HOPE, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

MORE THAN 130 COUNTRIES AGREE TO STEP UP ACTION

TO ENSURE SUCCESS OF LANDMINES TREATY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA (UN Information Service), 20 September -- States Parties to the Convention banning anti-personnel mines have confirmed their commitment to take strong action to fulfil the humanitarian aims of the landmark international treaty.

‘WOMEN’S FULL PARTICIPATION’ IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION VITAL TO PROMOTION

OF SECURITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ‘WOMEN FOR PEACE’ MEETING

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on ‘Women for Peace, Dialogue for Action’ (Sharm El Sheikh, 20-23 September), delivered on his behalf by Mervat Tallawy, Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for West Asia:

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