SECRETARY-GENERAL TOASTS TO ‘ERA OF COMMITMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION’

AT HEADQUARTERS LUNCHEON

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the luncheon held on the occasion of the general debate in New York on 12 September:

Don’t worry, I will be brief.  I think you’ve listened to enough speeches this morning.

FOURTH MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO OTTAWA CONVENTION

TO BE HELD IN GENEVA FROM 16 TO 20 SEPTEMBER

‘TERRORISM IS OUR IRRECONCILABLE ENEMY’ SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

ON ANNIVERSARY OF ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES

Following is the statement of General Assembly President Jan Kavan (Czech Republic) at the “Ceremony of Remembrance” in New York on 11 September:

ADDRESSING ANNUAL INTERFAITH SERVICE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

EVOKES FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF UNITED NATIONS

Following is the statement of Jan Kavan, President of the fifty-seventh General Assembly, to the Annual Interfaith Service of commitment to the work of the United Nations, New York, 11 September 2002:

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT, CONCLUDES 2002 SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 12 September (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament today adopted its annual report and concluded its 2002 session after hearing statements welcoming the "Five Ambassadors" initiative to end the stalemate in the work of the Conference, marking the first anniversary of the

WHEN FORCE IS CONSIDERED, THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR LEGITIMACY PROVIDED

BY UNITED NATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESS

Following is the text, as delivered, of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly today:

We cannot begin today without reflecting on yesterday’s anniversary -– and on the criminal challenge so brutally thrown in our faces on 11 September 2001. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONTINUING VIGILANCE IN PROTECTING OZONE LAYER

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, on 16 September:

Life started to develop significantly on our planet only after the ozone layer was in place in the stratosphere to filter out harmful levels of sunlight.  The battle to repair this life-sustaining system is far from over.

‘ALL HUMANITY HAS A STAKE IN THIS FIGHT’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

TO SECURITY COUNCIL ON ANNIVERSARY OF ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security

Council meeting on the anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States:

I am happy that you are here and also so many Foreign Ministers who are marking this solemn occasion with us.

'9/11 PUT ALL OUR FAITHS TO THE TEST' SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN ADDRESS TO ANNUAL INTERFAITH SERVICE

Following is the address of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual interfaith service of commitment to the work of the United Nations in New York on 11 September:

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