| Press Release ENV/DEV/655 |
PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES SHOULD NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS
TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SPEAKERS STRESS
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
| Press Release DSG/SM/164 ENV/DEV/657 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT BALI LAUNCH OF THIRD ‘GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OUTLOOK’,
SAYS IT DEPICTS ENVIRONMENT AT RISK, BUT PROVIDES VISION FOR WISE USE
Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the political launch of the United Nations Environment Programme’s third Global Environment Outlook in Bali on 6 June:
| Press Release WOM/1340 |
Committee on Elimination of
Discrimination against Women
Twenty-seventh Session
553rd and 554th 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
The Secretary-General departed New York for Ukraine on Saturday, 1 June.
| Press Release SG/SM/8262 |
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.
| Press Release SG/SM/8261 |
‘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:
| Press Release SG/SM/8260 |
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.
| Press Release SC/7421 |
Security Council
4548th Meeting* (PM)
IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, COUNCIL CONDEMNS ANTI-UN ACCUSATIONS, INTIMIDATION
BY RALLY FOR CONGOLESE DEMOCRACY-GOMA IN GREAT LAKES REGION
| Press Release SAG/103 SEA/1745 |
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
