Press Release ENV/DEV/653 |
LACK OF FUNDING, ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, HEALTH SERVICES AMONG ISSUES
HIGHLIGHTED AT BALI PREPARATORY MEETING
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Press Release ENV/DEV/653 |
LACK OF FUNDING, ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, HEALTH SERVICES AMONG ISSUES
HIGHLIGHTED AT BALI PREPARATORY MEETING
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
Press Release ENV/DEV/652 |
BALI PREPARATORY MEETING HEARS CALL FOR CONCRETE OBJECTIVES,
PRECISE TIMELINES TO GENERATE MOMENTUM FOR ACTION
President of Indonesia, UN Deputy Secretary-General Open
Ministerial Segment of Preparatory Committee for Sustainable Development Summit
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Press Release DSG/SM/163 ENV/DEV/654 |
PROGRESS WILL DEPEND ON ACTIONS BY ALL THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, AVAILABILITY
OF RESOURCES, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS BALI PREPARATORY MEETING
Following is the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the fourth session of the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Bali today, 5 June:
Press Release WOM/1339 |
Committee on Elimination of
Discrimination against Women
Twenty-seventh Session
551st and 552nd Meetings (AM & PM)
EXPERTS ON WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKE UP ZAMBIA’S REPORTS;
SAY TRADITIONAL STEREOTYPES UNDERMINE EFFORTS AT ENSURING EQUALITY
Praise Frankness of Reports in Presenting Problems,
But Express Concern Over Conflicts Between Customary, Statutory Law
Press Release SG/SM/8259 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘TIMELY’ ASIA CONFIDENCE-BUILDING SUMMIT EVIDENCE
NATIONS CAN WORK TOGETHER IN PRACTICAL WAYS TO PROMOTE COMMON SECURITY
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the summit meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building in Asia (CICA), delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Danilo Turk in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 4 June:
Press Release SC/7420 |
PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL
Following is today’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the President of the Security Council, Mikhail Wehbe (Syria):
The Council members discussed the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Members of the Council heard a briefing from Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.
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
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