TRUE MEASURE OF DURBAN WILL BE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES IN LIVES OF VICTIMS,

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TELLS CLOSING OF RACISM CONFERENCE

DURBAN CONFERENCE MARKS FRESH START AND SETS NEW ROAD-MAP

IN FIGHT AGAINST RACISM, CONFERENCE PRESIDENT SAYS

DURBAN, 8 September -- Following is the text of the closing statement by the President of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in Durban, South Africa:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PRESERVATION OF OZONE LAYER

Following is the text of a statement from Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the occasion of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

(16 September 2001):

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES REGRET THAT TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER

CANNOT ATTEND NEW YORK TALKS

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

Committee on Information

Resumed Twenty-third Session

8^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION WHICH WILL EXPAND UN RADIO’S CAPACITY, AS IT CONCLUDES RESUMED TWENTY-THIRD SESSION

MAIN COMMITTEE TO MEET AS RACISM CONFERENCE

GENERAL DEBATE COMES TO AN END

DURBAN, 7 September -- As delegates worked to complete action on the final documents on the last scheduled day of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, dozens of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) this morning urged them to address a range of issues to improve the situation of the millions of victims of daily discrimination.

Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

111^th Meeting (AM)

WITH CONCLUSION OF FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION IMPENDING, GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ACTS ON REMAINING AGENDA ITEMS

Texts Adopted Include Issue of Chemical Weapons,

Culture of Peace, Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Africa

ACTION TAKEN BY WORKING GROUPS ON DRAFT DECLARATION

AND DRAFT ACTION PROGRAMME, 5 SEPTEMBER

DURBAN, 6 September -- On Wednesday 5 September, Working Group I on the draft declaration for the World Conference on Racism held three meetings and Working Group II on the draft programme of action met four times.  

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

General Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF ITEM ON ‘OBSERVER STATUS FOR PARTNERS

IN POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT’ ON AGENDA OF FIFTY-SIXTH ASSEMBLY SESSION

CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM CONTINUES TO HEAR CONCERNS

OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS