International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session

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

IN FIRST MEETING, ASSEMBLY OF STATES PARTIES TO ROME STATUTE OF INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL COURT APPROVES FINANCIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

Newly-Elected President of First Session

‘Driven by Sense of Purpose’ that Court Be Built as Statute Authors Intended

‘WE MUST ENSURE THAT WHAT WE ACHIEVE HERE OPENS AN ERA OF IMPLEMENTATION’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN JOHANNESBURG REMARKS

Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a dinner hosted by Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, in Johannesburg on 2 September:

'RESPONSIBILITY' -- FOR EACH OTHER, FOR PLANET -- EMBODIES SUMMIT'S HOPES,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS JOHANNESBURG'S HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT BEGINS

South Africa's President Says World Leaders

Must Send Message They Intend to End 'Global Apartheid'

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

UNSUSTAINABLE PRACTICES WOVEN DEEPLY INTO FABRIC OF MODERN LIFE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

‘We Can and Must Weave in New Strands of Knowledge and Cooperation’, He Adds

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, 2 September:

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:

IF EFFECTIVENESS OF UN ARMS REGISTER IS STRENGTHENED, IT CAN SERVE

AS SIGNIFICANT EARLY-WARNING MECHANISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms,

30 August 2002: