Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

1^st Meeting (PM)

WITH ADMISSION OF SWITZERLAND, UNITED NATIONS FAMILY NOW NUMBERS 190 MEMBER STATES

Priorities Listed by President of Fifty-seventh

Session Include Elaboration of Anti-Terrorism Convention

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES NEED FOR ‘MESSAGE OF HOPE’

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Holy Family Church in New York, on 9 September:

DPI/NGO Annual Conference

PM Meeting

ECONOMIC RECOVERY CALLED PRIMARY ELEMENT IN PEACE-BUILDING,

AS DPI/NGO CONFERENCE CONTINUES

Economic recovery was called the primary element in peace-building, as the Fifty-fifth Annual DPI/NGO Conference continued its session this afternoon with a panel discussion entitled "From Less Than Zero:  The Challenge of Rebuilding Economies".

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in South Africa from Mozambique on Sunday, 1 September.

'SWITZERLAND A VIVID EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS

STANDS FOR', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

'A Peaceful, Multicultural Society Built on Strong Democratic Traditions', He Adds

Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the raising of the flag of the Swiss Confederation at the United Nations today:

The Swiss are here.  We have been waiting for them a long time.

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ‘IS NOT –- AND MUST NEVER BECOME -– AN ORGAN

FOR POLITICAL WITCH HUNTING’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS STATES PARTIES

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court:

Mr. President,

ADDRESSING DPI/NGO CONFERENCE, DEPUTY-SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

SHARED ROLE IN RECONSTRUCTION OF POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES

Following is the address of Deputy-Secretary-General, Louise Fréchette, to the Fifty-fifth Annual Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization Conference:

It is a great pleasure to welcome you all to United Nations Headquarters.

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session

3^rd and 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ASSEMBLY OF STATES PARTIES TO ROME STATUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL

COURT ADOPTS AGREEMENTS TO LAUNCH COURT’S OPERATION

International Covenant on Civil

and Political Rights

27^th Meeting (AM)

'MAY THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO PERISHED ON SEPTEMBER 11^TH SERVE TO INSPIRE A BETTER,

MORE JUST, MORE PEACEFUL WORLD FOR ALL,' SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the one-year anniversary of the 11 September attacks on the United States: