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SG/SM/9388
25/06/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9388


TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN


AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 25 June 2004


The Secretary-General:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming this morning.  I know it is a bit early for some of us, but I am leaving this weekend for a long overseas trip, and I thought I should talk to you and answer your questions before I go.

IK/442
25/06/2004
Press Release
IK/442

FIFTY-SECOND SESSION OF UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 29 JUNE TO 1 JULY


(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 25 June (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its fifty-second session from 29 June to 1 July 2004 under the Presidency of Ambassador Michael Steiner (Germany).

UNEP/233
24/06/2004
Press Release
UNEP/233

Protecting Pensions and The Planet’ -- New UNEP Report Pinpoints Necessity


of Environmental, Social Research to Protect Shareholder Value


(Reissued as received.)


NEW YORK/NAIROBI, 24 June (UNEP) -- In capital markets across the globe companies will see their share price suffer in the long term unless proper attention is paid to environmental and social issues, warns a group of the world’s most powerful financial institutions.