MESSAGE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL TO CONFERENCE ON MONGOLIA-UN COOPERATION

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Mongolia - United Nations Cooperation, delivered on his behalf in Ulaanbaatar by Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, on

3 September:

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COMBAT RACISM BY CHANGING WORLD WITH CHILDREN, UN AGENCY HEADS SAY

DURBAN, 2 September -- High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Carol Bellamy said today that young people must have their place in the emerging global alliance against racism and discrimination.

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CALLS FOR INTENSIFIED EFFORTS

AFTER UNITED STATES, ISRAEL LEAVE WORLD CONFERENCE

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITIES, MIDDLE EAST, REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY

AMONG ISSUES RAISED AT WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM

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WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM RISKS FAILURE WITHOUT SPIRIT

OF COMPROMISE, NORWAY WARNS

DURBAN, 3 September -- As the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance continued its general debate this morning, the gathering of government leaders and high ministers were warned that maintaining inflexible positions on issues of vital importance for all members of the global community would doom the Conference to failure.

OPENING SESSION OF CONFERENCE GENERAL DEBATE FOCUSES

ON ADDRESSING LEGACY OF SLAVERY, COLONIALISM

DURBAN, 1 September -- Several heads of State and other top government officials from countries around the world this morning spoke on the scourge of racial hatred and the need to broaden practices of tolerance, as the United Nations World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance opened its general debate.

PRESIDENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGE DELEGATES TO COMMIT TO ENSURING

SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION TO CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM

DURBAN -- The President and the Secretary-General of the United Nations World Conference against Racism this morning urged delegates to continue their work in a spirit of give-and-take to ensure a successful conclusion to the Conference.

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION MESSAGE VITAL, ANNAN TELLS BUSINESS LEADERS

DURBAN, 31 August 2001 -- It is vital that company heads send a consistent message that they will not tolerate discrimination in hiring or promotion practices and make clear that their companies will uphold human rights in their operations, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said this afternoon.

4 September 2001

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES COUNTRIES AT RACISM CONFERENCE

TO ‘STAY THE COURSE’ FOLLOWING ISRAEL, US WITHDRAWAL

DURBAN, 3 September -- The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General: