‘OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES HAS IMPROVED REMARKABLY,’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT LUNCHEON FOR UN FOUNDATION

Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the luncheon honouring Mr. R.E. Turner and the Board of Directors of the United Nations Foundation (UNF) in New York today:

GRAVE CONSEQUENCES AWAIT IF MILLENNIUM GOALS ON WATER, SANITATION GO

UNMET, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR YEAR OF FRESHWATER

Developed Countries Also at Risk from Further

Environmental Damage, Food Insecurity, Instability, He Warns

Following is the text of a message issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today in observance of the International Year of Freshwater (2003):

IN MESSAGE TO FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON REINVENTING GOVERNMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL

                                                            HR/4634

OBV/316

WORLD COMMUNITY MUST RECONCILE ANTI-TERRORISM STRUGGLE WITH RESPECT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

43^rd and 44^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE TEXT CALLS FOR APPLICATION OF ENHANCED INDEBTED COUNTRIES

PLAN, CANCELLATION OF OFFICIAL BILATERAL DEBT

Approves 21 Draft Resolutions, Decisions as it Concludes Session

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

34^th Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE DEFERS CONSIDERATION OF PROGRAMME BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF TEXT

ON FOLLOW-UP TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

33^rd Meeting (AM)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

73^rd Meeting (AM)

ISRAELI PRACTICES, PALESTINE REFUGEE AGENCY, DECOLONIZATION, INFORMATION

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN 30 TEXTS ADOPTED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Acting on Recommendations of Fourth Committee,

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FRESHWATER

TO GALVANIZE ACTION ON CRITICAL WATER PROBLEMS

UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT CONVENES UNPRECEDENTED MEETING

TO ADVANCE CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP WORLDWIDE