Note to Correspondents                                Note No. 5677

DPI/NGO Fifty-fourth Annual Conference

PM Meeting

DPI/NGO CONFERENCE PANEL DISCUSSES VOLUNTEERISM FROM FOUR NATIONAL PERSPECIVES

Also Considers Volunteerism In Relation to HIV/AIDS

DPI/NGO Fifty-fourth Annual Conference

AM Meeting

‘EVERYONE STANDS TO GAIN’ WHEN GOVERNMENTS, NGOS WORK TOGETHER,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS OPENING SESSION OF DPI/NGO CONFERENCE

MILLENNIUM SUMMIT, FORUM PROVIDE MOMENTUM FOR TRUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN

CIVIL SOCIETY, UNITED NATIONS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STATES

Following is the text of a statement made yesterday by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri (Finland) to the annual meeting of the World Federation of United Nations Associations:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY

IN MILLENNIUM FOLLOW-UP PROCESS

Following is the full text of the address by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri to the fifty-fourth DPI/NGO Conference:

Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

112^th Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR INTEGRATED APPROACH TO WORK OF UNITED NATIONS,

AS HE CLOSES FIFTY-FIFTH ASSEMBLY SESSION

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING HONORARY DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF TURIN,

OUTLINES CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZING ERA

Following is the text of today’s address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette upon receiving an Honorary Degree from the University of Turin, Italy:

Statement by Secretary-General on conclusion of World Conference Against Racism,

Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the conclusion of the World Conference Against Racism, Durban, 8 September:

TRUE MEASURE OF DURBAN WILL BE DIFFERENCE IT MAKES IN LIVES OF VICTIMS,

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TELLS CLOSING OF RACISM CONFERENCE

DURBAN CONFERENCE MARKS FRESH START AND SETS NEW ROAD-MAP

IN FIGHT AGAINST RACISM, CONFERENCE PRESIDENT SAYS

DURBAN, 8 September -- Following is the text of the closing statement by the President of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in Durban, South Africa: