Press Release

ACHIEVEMENT OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS REQUIRES CONSERVATION,

SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

(Reissued as received.)

WITHOUT VITAL ROLE OF NGOS, WORLD COULD HARDLY RESPOND TO MYRIAD CRISES,

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN TELLS DPI/NGO CONFERENCE

Calls on NGOs to Assess Summit ’s Outcome Document

IN MESSAGE TO KINSHASA MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR PROTECTING

FOREST HABITAT TO ENSURE GREAT APES’ SURVIVAL

UNITED NATIONS TO HOLD SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE SYSTEMS

FOR PROTECTING, RESTORING WATER RESOURCES

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DPI/NGO Annual Conference                                   NGO/581

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES NEARLY $1 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR GENERAL

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, DEFERS ACTION ON CAPITAL MASTER PLAN

Concluding 59^th Session, Committee Informed That Loan Interest Rate

For Master Plan, if Accepted after October, Would Not Exceed 5.35 Per Cent

IN REMARKS TO WOMEN SPEAKERS OF PARLIAMENTS, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

PROMOTING WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT CENTRAL TO ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM GOALS

Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a meeting of women speakers of parliaments in New York today:

IN MESSAGE TO HELSINKI CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RESOLVE

‘TO TURN THE PROMISE OF COLLECTIVE SOLUTIONS INTO REALITY’

ADDRESSING PARLIAMENTARIANS, SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN SAYS WORLD SUMMIT IS CHANCE

To Implement Shared Vision for Development, Security, Human Rights, Reform

IN REMARKS TO ‘UNITED CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

LOCAL ACTION NEEDED TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL GOALS

Following is the text of today’s remarks, as delivered, by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to “ United Cities and Local Governments” in New York: