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. 

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

2^nd Meeting (AM)

AS GENERAL DEBATE OF 57^TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

INDISPENSABLE NECESSITY OF MULTILATERALISM

United States President Bush Calls on International Community

To Stand Up for Its Security, Saying Iraqi Government a ‘Grave Danger’

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

3^rd Meeting (PM)

AFGHAN, YUGOSLAV LEADERS POINT TO CHANGE AS THEIR SOCIETIES EMERGE FROM CONFLICT

Continuing International Support Stressed as Assembly General Debate Continues

MIDDLE EAST, ANTI-TERRORISM WAR HIGHLIGHTED AS ISSUES

OF FOCUS FOR FIFTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION

President Also Underlines HIV/AIDS, Poverty Eradication, Sustainable Development

The following is the text of the statement that was made by Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly, at the opening of the fifty-seventh session on 10 September:

UNEP TO ASSESS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IN AFGHANISTAN

KABUL/NAIROBI, 12 September (UNEP) -- Five teams totalling 20 Afghan and international scientists and experts will depart Kabul today to collect samples and examine sites around the country in the first-ever effort to assess how 30 years of conflict have affected Afghanistan's environment.

Security Council

4607^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HONOURS MEMORY OF VICTIMS OF 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS,

EXPRESSES SENSE OF SOLIDARITY WITH THEIR FAMILIES

NO GREATER AFFRONT TO SPIRIT OF UNITED NATIONS THAN 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACKS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO COMMEMORATION AT HEADQUARTERS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the commemoration of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States at Headquarters on 11 September: 

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAME OF AN INDIVIDUAL

AND AN ENTITY TO ITS LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 11 September 2002 the following individual and entity to its list (Al-Qaida section):