SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS UN, EUROPEAN UNION NATURAL PARTNERS

IN MULTILATERAL SYSTEM AS EUROPE CELEBRATES ENLARGEMENT

The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of European Union enlargement, delivered in New York, yesterday, 3 May, by Shashi Tharoor, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Public Information and Communications:

press statement on ethiopia, eritrea by Security Council president

The following is the text of a statement to the press on the situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea by the President of the Security Council, Munir Akram (Pakistan):

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS FOUR INDIVIDUALS, CORRECTS SPELLING

OF NAMES IN AL-QAIDA SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 3 May 2004 approved the addition of four individuals and on 30 April 2004 the correction of the spelling of two names in the Al-Qaida section of its consolidated list (the additions have been underlined in the entry below whereas the deletions appears as strikethrough text).

Background Release                                         

THIRD SESSION OF PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

TO MEET AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 10-21 MAY

Theme of Session:  ‘Indigenous Women’

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

41^st Meeting (AM)

Economic and Social Council                                

2004 Organizational Session                                

12^th Meeting (PM)

Economic and Social Council                                

2004 Organizational Session                                

11^th Meeting (AM)

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, LAUNCHING GLOBAL COMPACT IN ITALY, SAYS CORPORATE SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY HAS EVOLVED AS WORLD BUSINESS NETWORK HAS TAKEN ROOT

The following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette address at the launch of the Global Compact in Rome today, 4 May:

Secretary-General says failure to stop biodiversity loss

toO awful to contemplate

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, on 22 May:

Secretary-General urges all to recognize and support contributions of family,

in message on international day of families

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the International Day of Families, 15 May: