Press Release

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)

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: