Press Release

Economic and Social Council                                

2004 Substantive Session                                   

Following is a summary of the morning meeting of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.  A complete summary of the meeting will be available at the conclusion of the meeting as Press Release WOM/1451.

On Saturday morning, 3 July, Secretary-General Kofi Annan left Khartoum, Sudan, to fly to Asmara, Eritrea, where he was briefed on the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, from Doha, the capital of Qatar, in the morning of Wednesday, 30 June.

Secretary-General deeply saddened by death of austria’s president

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s statement to the press on the Central African Republic by Security Council President Minhea Ioan Motoc (Romania):

over 200 young leaders from junior chamber international to meet

on Millennium Goals at un headquarters, 9 – 10 july

Economic and Social Council

2004 Substantive Session

27^th & 28^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECOSOC CALLS ON FUNCTIONAL COMMISSIONS TO TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS

TO INTEGRATE GENDER PERSPECTIVES INTO THEIR WORK

Coordination Segment Suspended Pending Negotiations on Rural

Development Draft; Operational Activities Segment Begins with Panel Discussion

Deputy Secretary-General praises winners of 2004 un population award

for dedication to creating world of opportunity, dignity

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks at the United Nations Population Award in New York, 6 July:

I have great pleasure in welcoming all of you to the 2004 United Nations Population Award ceremony.

Committee on Elimination of                                

 Discrimination against Women                              

648^th Meeting (AM)