Press Release

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-seventh Session

553^rd and 554^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP ST. KITTS AND NEVIS;

PRAISES NATIONAL MACHINERY ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Experts Say Women Must Be More Visible in Public Life;

Domestic Violence, Teenage Pregnancy Among Other Issues Addressed

                                                            UNEP/114

The Secretary-General departed New York for Ukraine on Saturday, 1 June.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING MOSCOW AWARD, SAYS STRENGTH OF RUSSIAN SPIRIT

‘IS YOUR COUNTRY’S GREATEST NATURAL ASSET’

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on receiving the Commemorative Medal of Prince Gorchakov, Moscow, 5 June:

I am deeply honoured by this award -- and doubly so since I am the first non-Russian to receive it.

‘FUTURE OF HUMANITY LIES IN CITIES’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

MOSCOW CONFERENCE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Sustainable Urban Development in Russia, Moscow, 5 June:

RESPONDING TO ISRAEL BOMB ATTACK, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

PEACE PROCESS MUST NOT BE DERAILED

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

The Secretary-General was appalled by this morning’s bomb attack in northern Israel.

It comes at a time when there is a concerted international effort to convene a peace conference on the Middle East.

Security Council

4548^th Meeting* (PM)

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, COUNCIL CONDEMNS ANTI-UN ACCUSATIONS, INTIMIDATION

BY RALLY FOR CONGOLESE DEMOCRACY-GOMA IN GREAT LAKES REGION

UN OCEANS ATLAS PROVIDES FIRST COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME TOOL

TO OBSERVE STATE OF WORLD’S OCEANS

UN, Global Scientific Partners Unite to Reverse Oceans Deterioration,

Promote Sustainable Development, Inform Policy Makers, Educate Public

                                                            Note No. 5732

LACK OF FUNDING, ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, HEALTH SERVICES AMONG ISSUES

HIGHLIGHTED AT BALI PREPARATORY MEETING

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)