SECRETARY-GENERAL LOOKS FORWARD TO CONVENING OF PROPOSED SUMMIT

OF LEADERS OF GUINEA, LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UNITED NATIONS ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH ANIMAL PLANET

TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY

JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL AND SEVEN LEADING RESEARCH-BASED

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ON ACCESS TO HIV/AIDS CARE AND TREATMENT

Following is the text of a joint communiqué issued today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and seven pharmaceutical companies:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

18^th Meeting (AM)

CONFLICT PREVENTION, NOT REACTION, SHOULD BE BASIS

OF STATES' RESPONSE TO TERROR, ASSEMBLY TOLD

A culture of reaction only continued the spiral of intensifying conflict and eluded peace and should be avoided, the representative of Fiji told the General Assembly this morning, as it continued its debate on measures to eliminate international terrorism.

PRESS STATEMENT ON SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR AFGHANISTAN

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s statement on Afghanistan by Security Council President Richard Ryan (Ireland):

ENVOY OF SECRETARY-GENERAL CHAIRS MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADORS

OF GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES PROFOUND SORROW

AT NEWS OF RUSSIAN PLANE CRASH

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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, URGES GOVERNMENTS

TO GIVE PRIORITY TO ILLNESS 'EXACERBATED BY DISCRIMINATION'

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the launching today of the World Health Report and on the observance of World Mental Health Day (10 October 2001):

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

First Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK CREATES NEW CONCEPT OF SECURITY THREAT

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS IT ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME