SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES WITHDRAWAL OF ARMED FORCES

FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES NEW ROUND OF UNITED NATIONS REFORM

NEW YORK, 23 September -- Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan announced today a plan to further strengthen the United Nations and improve its ability to meet the challenges placed before it by the Member States and the world’s peoples.

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

Civil Society Conference

PM Meeting

AT CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SPELLS OUT OVERALL

CONTEXT FOR ENDING MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People, delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Kieran Prendergast:

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

Civil Society Conference

AM Meeting

CIVIL SOCIETY CRUCIAL TO PROTECTION OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE,

SAY PARTICIPANTS IN PALESTINE COMMITTEE CONFERENCE

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

ON HIS REFORM REPORT AT HEADQUARTERS, 23 SEPTEMBER

The Secretary-General:  Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen.

MIDDLE EAST EVENTS OF RECENT DAYS TRAGIC STEP AWAY FROM PLAN AGREED UPON

LAST WEEK BY 'QUARTET', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on the Middle East in New York on 23 September:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

1st Meeting (PM)

SIXTH COMMITTEE MEETS TO ORGANIZE WORK FOR FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION;

Security Council

4614^th Meeting (AM, PM & Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS IMMEDIATE HALT TO ISRAELI MEASURES IN RAMALLAH,

‘EXPEDITIOUS’ ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL TO PRE-SEPTEMBER 2000 POSITIONS

Council Adopts Resolution 1435 (2002)

By 14-0-1 Vote, with United States Abstaining

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

19^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE DOMINATED

BY TERRORISM, IRAQ ISSUE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA

188 Speakers Took Part in Debate,

Including 33 Heads of State, 14 Heads of Government