LEADING THEIR PEOPLES BACK FROM BRINK IS ‘DUTY’ OF ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN

LEADERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Summit meeting of the Arab League, Beirut, Lebanon, 27 March:

Committee on Charter                                        L/2998/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS MURDER OF TWO INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS NEAR HEBRON

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Afghanistan by the President of the Security Council, Ole Peter Kolby (Norway):

Council members met in informal consultations and discussed the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the establishment of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

97^th Meeting (PM)

FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS DECLARATION,

PROGRAMME OF ACTION OF DURBAN WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM

Also Adopts 18 Texts on Administrative, Budgetary Matters,

Including Two Texts Limiting Cutbacks on Internet Services for Permanent Missions

HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE CENTRAL TO NEW UN MISSION FOR AFGHANISTAN,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of a briefing to today’s Security Council meeting on Afghanistan by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette:

UNITED NATIONS AND CHINA TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE IN BEIJING

NEW YORK, 26 March (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- On 2 April, the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs will co-host a three-day international conference on “A Disarmament Agenda for the 21^st Century.” 

Security Council                                               SC/7338

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTRESSED AT 'HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE' FROM AFGHAN EARTHQUAKE

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

MONTERREY CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING CONCLUDES; PARTICIPANTS RESOLVE

TO ERADICATE POVERTY, ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH

During Conference, Statements Made by 51 Presidents, Prime Ministers

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)