COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

CONCLUDES TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION

Releases Observations and Recommendations on Senegal,

Syrian Arab Republic, Panama, Ukraine, Japan, Nepal, Germany and Israel

(Reissued as received)

TALIBAN ACTIONS AGAINST AID COMMUNITY THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN

ASSISTANCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS

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

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COUNCIL MAKES PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON IMPORTANCE OF, RESPONSIBILITIES FOR,

ADDRESSING QUESTION OF SMALL ARMS

In the first of two meetings this morning, the Security Council adopted a statement on small arms, read out by its President Guillermo Fernandez de Soto, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia.

FOCUS ON FUNDAMENTAL AIMS, NEW STRATEGIES NEEDED TO FIGHT RACISM,

UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TELLS CONFERENCE

Following is the text of an address today by Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretary-General of the World Conference against Racism, at the opening of the Conference in Durban, South Africa:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ENCOURAGES CONFERENCE TO WORK HARD TO MAKE

OUTCOME A LANDMARK FOR FURTHER ACTION AGAINST RACISM

Following is the text of a statement today by Harri Holkeri, President of the United Nations General Assembly, at the opening of the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa

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SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT TELLS CONFERENCE ‘WE MUST COMBINE TO DEFEAT

CONSEQUENCES OF SLAVERY, COLONIALISM AND RACISM’

Following is the text of an address today by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the opening of the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for September:

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AS SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS ITS WORK FOR MONTH OF AUGUST,

SEVERAL SPEAKERS DEPLORE ‘INACTION’ ON MID-EAST

The Security Council today held its second “wrap-up” meeting to discuss its work over the past month under the Presidency of Colombia.  The first public wrap-up meeting was convened in June, on the initiative of the Council Presidency for that month, the delegation of Bangladesh.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONFERENCE TO MEET WORLD’S EXPECTATIONS

WITH CALL FOR ACTION TO COMBAT RACISM

Must Banish from New Century Hatred and Prejudice of Past

Following is the text of the opening address today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa: