Committee on Relations

with Host Country

212^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES NEW PROVISIONAL PARKING PROGRAMME

Issuance of Visas, Real Estate Taxes also Raised by Delegations

The United States Mission to the United Nations and the City of New York had agreed on a provisional diplomatic parking programme, the Committee on Relations with the Host Country was told this afternoon.

EDUCATION SHOULD BE AT FOREFRONT OF ALL DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR AFRICA,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS TO CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS

Also Addresses Issues of Peace, Democracy, HIV/AIDS, Sustainable Development

(Delayed in transmission.)

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a meeting with civil society leaders in Maputo, Mozambique on 29 August:

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, TRADE PROTECTIONISM AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED

IN THIRD WORLD SUMMIT ROUND TABLE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

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GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN FUND, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REFORM,

AMONG ISSUES AT SECOND SUMMIT ROUND TABLE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT SUSPENSION OF SUDAN PEACE TALKS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SOUND MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

CRUCIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE TELLS SUMMIT

Johannesburg Concludes High-Level Debate;

Summit Expected to Adopt Political Declaration, Action Plan

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED IN JOHANNESBURG AIMED

AT SUMMIT'S ECOLOGICAL IMPACT, CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

WORLD LEADERS STRESS SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, IMMEDIATE ACTION,

AS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT CONTINUES

China Announces Kyoto Protocol Ratification;

Russia Tells Summit Hopes to Ratify Kyoto 'in Near Future'

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

WORLD SUMMIT MUST SET HUMANKIND ON NEW PATH TO ENSURE SECURITY,

SURVIVAL OF PLANET, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for a plaque at the “Cradle of Humankind”, Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa, 1 September: