Press Release

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)

POLLUTION-BUSTING PROJECT UNVEILED FOR WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN

Clean Up of Coastal Waters Offers New Hope to Region’s People and Wildlife

(Reissued as received.)

ANTANANARIVO/NAIROBI, 6 July (UNEP) -- A multi-million-dollar project aimed at cutting pollution in the Western Indian Ocean was announced today at a meeting of environment ministers in the Madagascar capital of Antananarivo.

AFRICA CANNOT DEVELOP UNLESS WOMEN EXERCISE REAL POWER, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO ADDIS ABABA SESSION

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the African Union session on gender in Addis Ababa, 6 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS LEADERS OF GABON, EQUATORIAL GUINEA

FOR AGREEMENT TO PEACEFULLY RESOLVE BORDER DISPUTE

Following is the text of comments by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the signing ceremony between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea of an agreement to peacefully resolve their border dispute, in Addis Ababa, today:

africa’s ‘new democratic spirit’ must spread, strengtHen, says Secretary-General

to african union, while warning of threat posed by darfur crisis

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, 6 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘UNIQUELY AFRICAN GREEN REVOLUTION’ IN 21^ST CENTURY,

TO END CONTINENT’S PLAGUE OF HUNGER, IN ADDIS ABABA REMARKS

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at a high-level event on Innovative Approaches to Meeting the Hunger Millennium Development Goal in Africa:  “Africa’s Green Revolution: A Call to Action”, in Addis Ababa, 5 July:

Successful cooperation among caribbean countries ‘an inspiring model’ for other

regions, says Secretary-General in message to caricom meeting