We are all wrestling with a mix of grief, anger and apprehension.

We must continue building up where others would seek to tear down, the Secretary-General asserted.

They discussed the situation in Iraq and the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the five permanent members of the Security Council which would take place the following Saturday.

He called her a strong ally of the United Nations, somebody who really believed in the Charter, believed in what the United Nations stood for, and generally believed that countries have to work across borders and cooperate to get things done.

Combining her efforts in those three areas, he said, shows you what a woman she was.

He said, We need to find a way to maximize the contribution we are making to the people of Iraq while minimizing the risk to our staff.

He also stressed the importance that humanitarian assistance be seen as independent from political or military processes.

Discussions on the Middle East were also on the agenda of the meeting.

He also announced that the Quartet would be meeting at the Principals level later in September in New York to consider all relevant aspects of the issue and to determine how best to help the parties move forward with the process.

But most of all we miss her, the Secretary-General said, her personality, her dynamism, her intellect and the passion with which she defended causes she so strongly believed in.

The participants then stood for a moment of silence in Anna Lindhs honour.

UNEPs survey of over 75,000 bodies of water in 89 countries found more than 40 per cent severely polluted.

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