| Press Release OS/1778 |
Background Release
UN COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE TO HOLD
FORTY-FIFTH SESSION IN VIENNA, 5-14 JUNE
| Press Release GA/SM/284 ENV/DEV/650 OBV/276 |
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY THEME –- ‘GIVE EARTH A CHANCE’ –- SUMMONS ALL TO CONTRIBUTE
TO HEALING OF AILING PLANET, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMLBY PRESIDENT
Following is the message of General Assembly President Han Seung-soo (Republic of Korea) on World Environment Day, which is observed 5 June:
| Press Release ENV/DEV/651 |
INTERDEPENDENCE, SUSTAINABILITY, PARTICIPATION, EQUITY SUGGESTED AS POSSIBLE
KEY ELEMENTS FOR SUMMIT’S POLITICAL DECLARATION
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
| Press Release ENV/DEV/649 |
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN OPTIMISTIC THAT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WILL BE FINALIZED IN BALI
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
| Press Release WOM/1338 |
Committee on Elimination of
Discrimination against Women
Twenty-seventh Session
550th Meeting (AM)
| Press Release SG/SM/8257 |
ACCEPTING UKRAINIAN AWARD, SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES COUNTRY
ON PATH TAKEN SINCE INDEPENDENCE
Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on receiving the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise in Kiev, Ukraine, on 3 June:
You have truly honoured me by giving me this order. I know that Yaroslav the Wise is one of your country’s most respected historical figures -- and I shall certainly wear his order with respect.
| Press Release SG/SM/8256 AIDS/41 |
PARTNERSHIP, RESOURCES, ACTION BY YOUNG NEEDED IN AIDS FIGHT,
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO UKRAINE AIDS COMMISSION
Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the partnership meeting with the Inter-Ministerial AIDS Commission of Ukraine in Kiev on 3 June:
| Press Release SG/SM/8255 AFR/417 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES RECENT PUBLIC ATTACKS AGAINST MISSION
IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8254 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF NIGERIAN DIPLOMAT JOSEPH GARBA,
WHO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF FORTY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8253 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL VISITS MEMORIAL TO UKRAINIAN JEWS KILLED IN 1941 AT BABI YAR;
VOWS ALL HIS POWER ‘TO FIGHT THE HATRED AND EVIL THAT SO DISFIGURE OUR WORLD’
Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 3 June at the monument to Ukrainian Jews killed in 1941 at Babi Yar:
