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World Bank warns that poverty will rise in wake of terrorist attacks on US

1 October 2001
The recent terrorist attacks against the United States will hurt economic growth in developing countries, condemning as many as 10 million more people to live in poverty next year while hampering the fight against childhood diseases and malnutrition, the World Bank said today.
Kofi Annan addressing the General Assembly

Annan says only an international campaign can rid world of terrorism

1 October 2001
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged all countries of the world to join the international fight against terrorism, warning that without united, global action the effort would fail.
Mayor Giuliani addresses UN General Assembly

Terror attacks struck at UN and must spur action, Mayor Giuliani tells Assembly

1 October 2001
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly before it opened its weeklong debate on measures to combat international terrorism, the Mayor of New York City, Rudolph Giuliani, today stressed that the recent terrorist attacks against the United States violated the UN's principles and must spur it to resolute action.

World Bank warns that poverty will rise in wake of terrorist attacks on US

1 October 2001
The recent terrorist attacks against the United States will hurt economic growth in developing countries, condemning as many as 10 million more people to live in poverty next year while hampering the fight against childhood diseases and malnutrition, the World Bank said today.

Annan, Giuliani to address General Assembly debate on terrorism on Monday

28 September 2001
Secretary-General Kofi Annan and New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will address the General Assembly on Monday when it begins a weeklong debate on measures to combat international terrorism.

Annan urges global effort to fight terror, calls attention to needs of Afghan people

26 September 2001
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today repeated his call for a broad coalition of United Nations Member States dedicated to fighting terrorism.

In wake of terror attacks, UN tour guides help New York City relief effort

26 September 2001
The United Nations announced today that its tour guides - whose work has been suspended after the recent terrorist attacks forced the UN to close its doors to the public - are helping in the relief effort for New York City.
Mary Robinson

Terror attacks on US were crimes against humanity, UN rights official says

25 September 2001
The United Nations top human rights official today called the recent terrorist attacks against the United States "crimes against humanity" and said that every country in the world had an obligation to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Dr. Brundtland

States must build capacity against biological, chemical attacks: UN agency

25 September 2001
Countries need to strengthen their capacity to cope with the consequences of biological or chemical agents used as weapons, according to the Director-General of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).
Secretary-General Kofi Annan

Vigorous response to terror needed, Annan tells General Assembly

24 September 2001
On the day that should have seen the opening of the annual high-level debate in the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the UN's principal legislative body today that the terrorist attacks against the United States were also a strike against everything the UN stood for.