Press Release

AT LONDON MEETING WITH CORPORATE LEADERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES PROPOSAL

FOR ‘GLOBAL COMPACT’ WITH UNITED NATIONS

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan last Friday (22 June) at a breakfast meeting in London with some 75 corporate leaders from the United Kingdom:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO PERU

FOLLOWING SATURDAY EARTHQUAKE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT

‘A PATCHWORK OF GLOBAL SOLIDARITY’

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the unfolding of the AIDS Memorial Quilt:

LEADERSHIP, PARTNERSHIP, SOLIDARITY NEEDED IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS, SAYS SECRETARY-

GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON HIV/AIDS

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered today in New York to the General Assembly special session on HIV/AIDS:

HIV/AIDS A CRISIS THAT TOUCHES ALL AND THAT NEEDS ACTION BY EVERYONE, SAYS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT AT OPENING OF AIDS SPECIAL SESSION

Following is the text of the statement by Harri Holkeri, President of the General Assembly, to the special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS today:

AIDS QUILT, SYMBOLIZING LIVES LOST TO AIDS, WILL STRENGTHEN EFFORTS

TO SAVE LIVES, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

Following is the text of remarks by Harri Holkeri, President of the General Assembly, at the AIDS Memorial Quilt Unfolding Ceremony in New York today:

General Assembly Plenary

Twenty-sixth Special Session

2^nd and 3^rd Meetings (PM & Night)

SPECIAL SESSION IS OPPORTUNITY FOR GREAT LEAP FORWARD IN GLOBAL BATTLE

AGAINST HIV/AIDS, ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

Speakers from Many Nations Describe Multi-faceted

General Assembly Plenary

Twenty-sixth Special Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

OPENING ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON AIDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SEES ‘TURNING POINT -–

AIDS CAN NO LONGER DO ITS WORK IN DARK’

International Gay - Lesbian Human Rights Commission to Participate

At Session Roundtable, Despite Opposition From Group of Member States

United Nations Forum on Forests

First Session

12^th Meeting (PM)

FORUM ON FORESTS CONCLUDES FIRST-EVER SESSION, OUTLINING

FIVE-YEAR WORK SCHEDULE, FRAMEWORK FOR PLAN OF ACTION

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON AFGHANISTAN ADDS HUMANITARIAN

RELIEF PROVIDERS TO INITIAL LIST