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

FIFTY-FOURTH DPI-NGO CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 10-12 SEPTEMBER

“NGOs Today:  Diversity of the Volunteer Experience” will be the theme of the fifty-fourth annual Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Conference, to be held at Headquarters from 10 to 12 September.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON IRAQ

Following is the text of today’s statement on Iraq by the President of the Security Council, Jean-David Levitte (France):

Members of the Security Council have heard a briefing by the Executive Director of the Office of the Iraq Programme on the decision of Iraq to declare persona non grata five United Nations personnel of the Office of the Iraq Programme.

HAMMARSKJÖLD'S CORE IDEAS REMAIN VALID IN NEW INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPLAINS IN MEMORIAL LECTURE

Following is the text of the Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture entitled Dag Hammarskjöld and the 21st Century, delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Uppsala, Sweden:

Security Council

4365^th Meeting (PM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES SUCCESS ON PREPARATORY MEETING

FOR INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS CONFERENCE

AGAINST RACISM FOR FIRST TIME

On Monday, 3 September, the Secretary-General travelled from Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to Kigali, Rwanda.

NATIONAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT RACISM, DISCRIMINATION HEARD

IN GENERAL DEBATE AT RACISM CONFERENCE

DURBAN, 5 September -- As the plenary of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance this morning heard from United Nations Member States and national institutions, several speakers urged that the spirit of the debate be captured in the final Declaration and Programme of Action.

Committee on Information

Resumed Twenty-third Session

7^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION DISCUSSES SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT

ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PILOT UN RADIO PROJECT

New Wording Proposed for Draft Text

On Establishment of Permanent Broadcasting Capacity