| Press Release GA/AB/3505 |
Background Release
IN SECOND RESUMED SESSION, FIFTH COMMITTEE EXPECTED
TO FOCUS ON PEACEKEEPING FINANCING
| Press Release DSG/SM/160 HR/4590 |
PERMANENT FORUM IS MILESTONE IN STRUGGLE FOR RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,
SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL
Following is the address today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the first session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York:
It is a great pleasure to join you on a truly historic day for the world’s indigenous peoples and for the United Nations.
| Press Release SG/SM/8233 OBV/273 SOC/4620 |
IN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS
FOR REDOUBLING OF RESOLVE TO BUILD ‘A SOCIETY FOR ALL AGES’
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day of Families, which will be observed on 15 May:
| Press Release SG/A/800 BIO/3422 |
Biographical Note
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TUN MYAT OF MYANMAR
AS NEW UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COORDINATOR
The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Mr. Tun Myat of Myanmar as the new United Nations Security Coordinator. The appointment is at the Assistant Secretary-General level.
| Press Release HR/4588 |
Background Release
| Press Release GA/COL/3061/Rev.1 |
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION TO HOLD PACIFIC REGIONAL SEMINAR
14-16 MAY AT NADI, FIJI
To Review Political, Economic,
Social Conditions in Small Island Non-Self-Governing Territories
| Press Release GA/10022 |
General Assembly
Twenty-seventh Special Session
6th Meeting (PM) and
Round-up
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONCLUDING SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN,
ADOPTS OUTCOME DOCUMENT -- ‘A WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN’
| Press Release GA/10021 |
General Assembly
Twenty-seventh Special Session
5th Meeting (AM)
CHALLENGE OF PROMOTING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN FACE OF HIV/AIDS, ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION CONTINUES
| Press Release SG/SM/8232 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘VISIONARY LEADERSHIP’ OF BILL, MELINDA GATES,
IN REMARKS AT UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION-USA DINNER
Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations Association-USA dinner honouring Bill and Melinda Gates and the Gates Foundation, in New York on 8 May:
| Press Release SG/SM/8231 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PRIVATE SECTOR RISING TO CHALLENGE OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
IN REMARKS TO ‘PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DIALOGUE’
Following are the remarks today of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Public-Private Partnership Dialogue, held during the General Assembly’s special session on children:
