Deputy Secretary-General

MAJOR PROGRESS MUST BE ACHIEVED IN REFORM OF SECURITY SECTOR IN DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC OF CONGO, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of introductory remarks, translated from French, by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the high-level meeting on security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, New York, 9 February:

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST ADDRESS CHALLENGES TO UN CHARTER PRINCIPLES,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASIAN SECURITY CONFERENCE IN NEW DELHI

Following is the text, as delivered, of the keynote address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Sixth IDSA Asian Security Conference in New Delhi:

IN MONTREAL, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL INVITES STATES TO GIVE GREATER DYNAMISM

TO UN TO PROTECT WORLD’S PEOPLE FROM DANGER

Following is the text of the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the “Canadian Club” in Montreal on 19 January (translated, in part, from French):

DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEPENDENCE ON COMMODITIES MUST BE ADDRESSED FOR ANY CHANCE

AT MEETING ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks to the General Assembly on commodities and development in New York on 3 November:

GLOBAL COMMUNITY MUST BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH BOTH ‘HARD’, ‘SOFT’ THREATS,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS

Following are the remarks delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Peace and Security Funders Group today:

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

REFORM OF UN TO MEET NEW CIRCUMSTANCES, CHALLENGES IS ONGOING PROCESS,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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the deputy-secretary-general

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This is the statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the General Assembly today on the question of United Nations reform:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF WORLD TOURISM

ORGANIZATION TO GLOBAL UN AGENDA, IN ADDRESS TO BEIJING MEETING

Following is the address delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) in Beijing on 19 October: 

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS REPORTS OF ‘INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP’

HELPFUL IN ‘GROUNDING’ UNITED NATIONS DECISION-MAKING

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York today of the International Crisis Group:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, WITH ‘POIGNANCY AND PRIDE’, ACCEPTS POLAND’S

GIFT TO UN –- SCULPTURE OF PIANIST ARTUR RUBINSTEIN

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette upon receiving Poland’s gift to the United Nationsin New York, on 25 September:

CIVIL SOCIETY ROLE VITAL IN GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY EFFORT, SAYS

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE

Following is the speech of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the fifty-sixth Annual DPI/NGO Conference in New York, 8 September: