| Press Release GA/EF/3069 |
Fifty-eighth General Assembly
Second Committee
37th Meeting (PM)
SECOND COMMITTEE URGES CREATION OF GENDER-SENSITIVE LEGAL
ENVIRONMENT AS IT APPROVES TEXT ON WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
| Press Release GA/AB/3600 |
Fifty-eighth General Assembly
Fifth Committee
27th Meeting (AM)
PAY AND BENEFITS SYSTEM, CONTRACTS, HAZARD PAY AMONG ISSUES
ADDRESSED IN TEXT APPROVED BY BUDGET COMMITTEE
| Press Release DEV/2449 |
‘GROUP OF 77’ OPENS ITS DOORS TO SOUTH-SOUTH-NORTH COOPERATION
Aims to Launch Partnerships, Concrete Initiatives at Marrakesh Conference
| Press Release AFR/793 IHA/843 |
UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE FORMALIZES AGREEMENT WITH SWISS
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ON FIELD SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA
| Press Release UNEP/192 |
WEATHER-RELATED NATURAL DISASTERS IN 2003 COST WORLD BILLIONS; UNEP BACKS
EMISSIONS TRADING AS KEY WEAPON AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
(Reissued as received.)
MILAN/NAIROBI, 10 December (UNEP) -- Natural disasters, the lion's share of which were weather-related catastrophes, cost the world over $60 billion in 2003, up from around $55 billion the year before.
| Press Release SG/SM/9073 AFR/791 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DISTURBANCES IN LIBERIA
FOLLOWING LAUNCH OF DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION PROGRAMME
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/9072 ENV/DEV/745 |
REAL PROGRESS DEALING WITH CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE URGENTLY NEEDED,
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MEETING OF STATES PARTIES
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivered by J. A. Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, in Milan, 10 December:
| Press Release SG/SM/9071 PI/1536 SAG/201 |
COMMUNITY MULTIMEDIA CENTRES TREMENDOUS PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT, SAYS
SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA LAUNCH OF INITIATIVE
| Press Release SG/SM/9070 PI/1535 |
‘BUILDING AN OPEN, EMPOWERING INFORMATION SOCIETY IS A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND
ULTIMATELY POLITICAL CHALLENGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD SUMMIT
Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva today:
| Press Release SG/SM/9069 PI/1534 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES COMMUNICATION WILL ‘BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING’,
IN MESSAGE TO STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN WORLD SUMMIT EVENT
Following is the text of the message sent today from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to students participating in the World Summit Event for Schools:
