CHEMICAL HAZARDS, ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED

BY PARTNERSNIP INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED AT JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

The Secretary-General flew from Botswana to Lesotho on Wednesday morning, 28 August.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN SEPTEMBER 2002

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in September, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

MOZAMBIQUE’S CONTINUING SUCCESS IS ‘BEST POSSIBLE ANTIDOTE’ TO SKEPTICS,

CYNICS ABOUT AFRICA, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

      Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the dinner given by Joaquin Chissano, President of Mozambique, in Maputo on 29 August:

LITERACY ‘A PREREQUISITE FOR PEACE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE FOR ANNUAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for International Literacy Day, 8 September:

CHILDREN, AGRICULTURE, BUILDING CAPACITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED AT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

32 Agencies, Organizations Speak in Plenary Session

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS, ADEQUATE FINANCING NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT TOLD

Summit Plenary Hears from Wide Range of Agencies, Organizations

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

The Secretary-General arrived in Gaborone, Botswana, in the morning of Tuesday, 27 August.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DYNAMISM, COMMITMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE,

MEETING AT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUMMIT IN EGYPT, 7-11 SEPTEMBER

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

Meeting of States Parties Convention

on Elimination of Discrimination against Women

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

STATES PARTIES TO WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

ELECT 12 EXPERTS TO MONITORING COMMITTEE