Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

10^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY HOLDS HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY MEETING TO CONSIDER SUPPORT

FOR NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT

Speaker’s Include Secretary-General, Presidents

of Nigeria, South Africa, Algeria, Senegal, Ghana, Gabon

‘UN REMAINS STRONGLY COMMITTED’ TO ERADICATION

OF LANDMINE THREAT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

The following message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fourth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, was delivered today in Geneva by Sergio Vieira de Mello, High Commissioner for Human Rights:

                                                            GA/SM/291

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES ‘SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP’ BETWEEN GLOBAL GOALS ON POVERTY,

NEW PLAN FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT, IN STATEMENT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the General Assembly devoted to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in New York on 16 September:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Panel Discussion (PM)

AT PANEL DISCUSSION, AFRICAN LEADERS CONSIDER WAYS TO SUPPORT

NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT

Participants Include Presidents

Of Nigeria, South Africa, Algeria, Senegal

MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SECURITY COUNCIL'S FIVE PERMANENT

MEMBERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL MEET, DISCUSS RANGE OF ISSUES

(Delayed in Transmission)

‘CONFLICT AND DEVELOPMENT ARE MORTAL ENEMIES’, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS

HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

The following statement was delivered today by Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the General Assembly, at the General Assembly’s high-level plenary meeting on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD):

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONFIDENT THAT EAST TIMOR’S NEW INSTITUTIONS

WILL SAFEGUARD DEMOCRATIC INDEPENDENCE

The following message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the UNITAR conference on UNTAET was delivered by Marcel Boisard, Executive Director, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in Tokyo today:

NEW SCIENTIFIC REPORT CONFIRMS SUCCESS OF MONTREAL PROTOCOL BUT WARNS OZONE LAYER

WILL REMAIN VULNERABLE FOR NEXT DECADE

16 September: International Ozone Day

Save Our Sky: Protect Yourself, Protect Ozone Layer

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

8^th Meeting (AM)

AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT, MIDDLE EAST, UN REFORM AMONG ISSUES

DISCUSSED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DEBATE