DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RECOGNITION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY

ESSENTIAL IN EFFORTS TO TACKLE GLOBAL PROBLEMS

Address to Summit Meeting of ‘La Francophonie’

This is the text (translated from the French) of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the ninth summit of la Francophonie in Beirut, Lebanon, on 18 October:

TO FEED WORLD’S POPULATION, FRESHWATER RESOURCES NEED TO BE BETTER

MANAGED, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General, Louise Fréchette, at the opening of the Exhibition by the Food and Agriculture Organization on World Food Day, in New York (16 October):

DEPUTY-SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES VITAL WORK OF UN POPULATION FUND

AT OPENING OF ‘FAMILY OF WOMAN’ EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK

Following are the remarks of Deputy-Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the opening of the exhibition “Family of Woman” in New York on 10 October:

Good evening, everyone.  I am delighted to welcome you all to the United Nations for the opening of this exhibition on the “Family of Woman”.

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UN WILL REMAIN MOZAMBIQUE’S CLOSE PARTNER; DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

SPURRED BY HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS CLAIMS LIVES OF 600,000 AFRICANS EACH YEAR,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT EXHIBIT LAUNCH

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the launch of the World Health Organization exhibition "Poverty and Health:  Challenges to Development in Africa", on 16 September:

ADDRESSING DPI/NGO CONFERENCE, DEPUTY-SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

SHARED ROLE IN RECONSTRUCTION OF POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES

Following is the address of Deputy-Secretary-General, Louise Fréchette, to the Fifty-fifth Annual Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization Conference:

It is a great pleasure to welcome you all to United Nations Headquarters.

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PIVOTAL ROLE OF GOVERNMENT

IN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION

Following is the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to Carleton University, Ottawa, on 15 June:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ‘SUMMIT’ ON STAFF SECURITY

THAT INCREASING THREATS ‘COMPEL US TO DO MORE’

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the annual Summit on Staff Security:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT BALI LAUNCH OF THIRD ‘GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK’,

SAYS IT DEPICTS ENVIRONMENT AT RISK, BUT PROVIDES VISION FOR WISE USE

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the political launch of the United Nations Environment Programme’s third Global Environment Outlook in Bali on 6 June:

PROGRESS WILL DEPEND ON ACTIONS BY ALL THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, AVAILABILITY

OF RESOURCES, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS BALI PREPARATORY MEETING

Following is the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the fourth session of the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Bali today, 5 June: