In progress at UNHQ

Press Release


ENV/DEV/708
01/11/2002
Press Release
ENV/DEV/708


MINISTERS CALL FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION IN LIMITING EMISSIONS


AND REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE


Delhi Declaration Links Climate Change to Sustainable Development


NEW DELHI, 1 November -- Ministers and senior officials from some

170 countries have adopted a Delhi Ministerial Declaration on climate change and sustainable development.

SG/SM/8470
31/10/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8470


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS 2002 POVERTY ERADICATION AWARD RECIPIENTS


‘BRING HOPE TO ALL OF US’, PARTICULARLY EARTH’S MOST VULNERABLE


Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Sixth Annual Poverty Eradication Awards Dinner in New York on 30 October:


It is a pleasure to join you tonight and to congratulate the recipients of this year’s Poverty Eradication Awards.