CITING POTENTIAL FOR PEACE, SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES UN SUPPORT FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE,

SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT AT MEETING TO SUPPORT PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting in support of the Palestinian Authority in London:

All of us are here today to express our full and strong support for the reform efforts of the Palestinian Authority.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES BURUNDI FOR SUCCESSFUL REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTION

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General would like to congratulate warmly the Transitional Government of Burundi and the Burundian people for the successful conduct of the referendum on the post-transitional constitution, which took place yesterday, 28 February 2005.

PRESS STATEMENT ON TIMOR-LESTE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

(Delayed in transmission.)

The following statement to the press on Timor-Leste was delivered on 28 February by then Security Council President Joel W. Adechi (Benin):

MORE THAN 300 WOMEN TREATED IN FIRST WEEK OF ‘FISTULA FORTNIGHT’ IN NIGERIA

(Reissued as received.)

SOKOTO, Nigeria, 1 March (UNFPA) -- By Day 8 of “Fistula Fortnight”, 348 women with obstetric fistula had been surgically treated by a team of Nigerian and international volunteer doctors at four sites in northern Nigeria.  Dozens more women will receive treatment over the two-week period that ends on 6 March.

DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN HOSTS PARALLEL EVENTS

 

DURING WOMEN’s COMMISSION 28 FEB – 11 MARCH

 

Commission on Sustainable Development

Preparatory Meeting

3^rd, 4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATORY MEETING HOLDS INTERACTIVE

DISCUSSIONS ON WATER, SANITATION, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

 

Over 1 Billion People Worldwide Lack Access to Safe

Drinking Water; Over 2.5 Billion Lack Access to Improved Sanitation

Economic and Social Council

2005 Organizational Session

3^rd Meeting (PM)

ECOSOC DECIDES TO CONSIDER REPORTS ON BURUNDI,

 

GUINEA-BISSAU DURING 2005 SESSION IN JULY

 

COMMUNITY-BASED DISASTER-REDUCTION STRATEGIES CALLED FOR AT HEADQUARTERS FORUM

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

NO TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT MORE POWERFUL THAN WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS WOMEN’S COMMISSION OPENS 2005 SESSION

Aims to Review Progress 10 Years after Beijing Conference;

Speakers Say Much Achieved, But Large Gap Remains between Policy, Practices

SECRETARY-GENERAL DELIGHTED BY WILLINGNESS OF SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI

 

TO SERVE AS HEAD OF UNCTAD

 

Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I am absolutely delighted that Supachai Panitchpakdi has agreed that I should propose his appointment as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).