Press Release

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:

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. 

Background Release

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

General Assembly

Twenty-seventh Special Session

6^th Meeting (PM) and

 Round-up

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONCLUDING SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN,

ADOPTS OUTCOME DOCUMENT -- ‘A WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN’

General Assembly

Twenty-seventh Special Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

CHALLENGE OF PROMOTING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN FACE OF HIV/AIDS, ECONOMIC SANCTIONS

AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION CONTINUES

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:

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:

$70 MILLION NEEDED FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN WEST BANK AND GAZA

(Reissued as received.)

AMMAN, 9 May (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has identified an extra $70 million to meet the emergency humanitarian needs of refugees in the West Bank and Gaza, created by the recent Israeli military incursions into the occupied Palestinian territory.

POLLUTION-RELATED DISEASES KILL MILLIONS OF CHILDREN A YEAR SAYS NEW UN REPORT,

RELEASED FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN

NEW YORK, NAIROBI, GENEVA, 9 May (UNEP/UNICEF/WHO) -- Every day

5,500 children die from diseases caused by consuming water and food polluted with bacteria, according to a new study released by three United Nations agencies.