TROPICAL TIMBER TALKS RESUME IN GENEVA

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 27 June (UNCTAD) -- Representatives of countries that produce and consume tropical timber will continue drafting a new international agreement on trade in tropical timber during a third negotiating session from 27 June to 1 July.

POVERTY NOT ONLY MUST BE DEFEATED, IT CAN BE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING

Following is the text of remarks today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development:

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL INTRODUCES NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

AT HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks introducing the new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, to the media, in New York, 27 June:

It’s a very great pleasure to introduce António Guterres, the new High Commissioner for Refugees.

IN MESSAGE TO SUSTAINABLE CITIES MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE

OF STRENGTHENING GOOD GOVERNANCE THROUGH PARTICIPATORY, INCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT

‘BETTER STANDARDS OF LIFE IN LARGER FREEDOM’ NOW WITHIN REACH, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN COMMEMORATION OF 60^TH ANNIVERSARY OF UN CHARTER

Following is the statement, as delivered today, by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting at Headquarters commemorating the 60^th anniversary of the United Nations Charter:

TODAY, ‘WE FACE NEW THREATS AND CHALLENGES, BUT ALSO NEW OPPORTUNITIES’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE ON UN’S 60^TH ANNIVERSARY

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the 60^th Anniversary of the United Nations Charter, 26 June 2005:

Sixty years ago, in San Francisco, the representatives of 50 nations signed the United Nations Charter.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS PRESIDENT OF KYRGYZSTAN TO ENSURE THAT NO FURTHER

 

UZBEK ASYLUM-SEEKERS ARE FORCIBLY RETURNED TO UZBEKISTAN

The following statement was issued on 25 June by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UN WILL NEED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH CIVIL SOCIETY, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEARINGS WITH NGOS, PRIVATE SECTOR

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered, by UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan at the General Assembly hearings with civil society and the private sector, on 24 June:

Note to Correspondents

Note to Correspondents

PANEL DISCUSSION ON FINANCE MINISTRIES AND GENDER EQUALITY TO BE HELD ON 28 JUNE

A panel discussion entitled “Finance Ministries Accounting for Gender Equality” will take place on 28 June from 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. in Conference Room 4.  The discussion is being organized by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Commonwealth Secretariat.