SUSTAINABILITY NOT ‘A PIOUS INVOCATION’ BUT A ‘CALL TO CONCRETE ACTION’

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS EUROPEAN FORUM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Hassen M. Fodha, Director of the United Nations Information Centre, Paris, to the European Forum for Sustainable Development and Responsible Company Management, meeting from 5-6 March:

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MISSION ON TRACK TO COMPLETING CORE MANDATE IN 2002

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council in New York on 5 March:

This meeting signals an important moment of transition and consolidation in Bosnia.  I would like to begin by paying tribute to the High Representative,

Security Council                                               SC/7319

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

43^rd Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE MAINTAINS FOCUS ON OVERSIGHT ISSUES,

INCLUDING ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT, MISMANAGEMENT

Speakers Question Mandate, Prerogatives

Of Office of Internal Oversight Services

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

41^st and 42^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS SIX REPORTS BY OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT,

INCLUDING ISSUE OF REFUGEE SMUGGLING AT NAIROBI OFFICE

CORRECTION

On pages 16 and 17 of Press Release GA/AB/3493 of 4 March, the statement by DPI Public Affairs Division Director Therese Gastaut should read as follows:

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S POVERTY, EMPOWERMENT MUST BE ADDRESSED TO MEET DEVELOPMENT GOALS,

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TOLD, AS 46^TH SESSION OPENS

The Secretary-General arrived in Berlin on Wednesday afternoon, 27 February, and began his official programme at a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new United Nations house in Bonn.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT LOSS OF LIFE FROM AFGHAN EARTHQUAKE

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the loss of life as a result of a strong earthquake and severe landslides, which struck Afghanistan on Sunday,

VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS MUST BE HALTED, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DELIGHTED AT SWISS VOTE IN FAVOUR

OF UNITED NATIONS MEMBERSHIP

The following statement was issued on 3 March by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the “Yes” outcome of the Swiss referendum on United Nations membership: