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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

06/06/2002
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:

WOM/1340

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP ST. KITTS AND NEVIS; PRAISES NATIONAL MACHINERY ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT WOMEN’S RIGHTS

05/06/2002
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

SG/SM/8262

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING MOSCOW AWARD, SAYS STRENGTH OF RUSSIAN SPIRIT ‘IS YOUR COUNTRY’S GREATEST NATURAL ASSET’

05/06/2002
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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.

SG/SM/8260

RESPONDING TO ISRAEL BOMB ATTACK, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PEACE PROCESS MUST NOT BE DERAILED

05/06/2002
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.