IN REMARKS AT WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY OBSERVANCE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

CALLS FOR ACTION ON ‘HATE MEDIA’

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette made today at the Headquarters observance for World Press Freedom Day:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ISRAELI INCURSIONS AGAINST PALESTINIANS

CONTRADICT INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO RESTART PEACE PROCESS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP SADNESS OVER LIVES LOST,

INJURIES AND DESTRUCTION IN TURKISH EARTHQUAKE

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

‘34 MILLION FRIENDS OF UNFPA’ CAMPAIGN HITS $1 MILLION MILESTONE

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 1 May (UNFPA) -— The founders of the grass-roots campaign

“34 Million Friends of UNFPA” today announced it has raised $1 million to support the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), mostly in small donations.  More than 100,000 Americans have contributed to the campaign to help replace funds withheld by the United States Administration last July.

Committee on Information                              PI/1478*

Twenty-fifth Session                                         1 May 2003

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MAY 2003

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in May, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

14 April-2 May      International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee, Montreal

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN STAFF INTEGRITY

AS PART OF ONGOING REFORM EFFORTS

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STAFF RETURN TO BAGHDAD TODAY

(Reissued as received.)

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS SUICIDE ATTACK

IN TEL AVIV AND CALLS FOR PEACE IN MIDDLE EAST

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 1 May (UN Information Service) --- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, is appalled by the latest suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, which resulted in three people being killed and some 50 wounded earlier today.

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO HOLD

THIRTIETH SESSION FROM 5 TO 23 MAY 2003

Will Consider Reports of Luxembourg, Brazil, New Zealand, Iceland and Israel

(Reissued as received.)