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7 June 2001

PI/1351

AMBASSADORS HOLBROOKE AND CHOWDHURY TO HELP LAUNCH NEW BOOK ON CHANGING ROLES OF FAMILIES

07/06/2001

Press Release
PI/1351

AMBASSADORS HOLBROOKE AND CHOWDHURY TO HELP LAUNCH NEW BOOK

ON CHANGING ROLES OF FAMILIES

“Families As We Are: Conversations from Around the World”by Perdita Huston, with a foreword by Richard C. Holbrooke, is a collection of candid stories on today’s family unit, that include nuclear and single-parent families, polygamous, patriarchal and matriarchal, and same-sex couples who are all raising children in vastly different settings.

7 June 2001

GA/9874

URBAN GOVERNANCE CASE STUDIES FROM BRAZIL, FRANCE, SPAIN, NIGERIA, CONSIDERED IN HABITAT SPECIAL SESSION’S THEMATIC COMMITTEE

07/06/2001

Press Release
GA/9874

General Assembly Thematic Committee

Twenty-fifth Special Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

URBAN GOVERNANCE CASE STUDIES FROM BRAZIL, FRANCE, SPAIN, NIGERIA,

CONSIDERED IN HABITAT SPECIAL SESSION’S THEMATIC COMMITTEE

7 June 2001

GA/9873

ASSEMBLY HEARS VIEWS OF 30 SPEAKERS AS SECOND DAY OF SPECIAL SESSION ENDS

07/06/2001

Press Release
GA/9873

General Assembly Plenary

Twenty-fifth Special Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

7 June 2001

GA/9872

HABITAT SPECIAL SESSION’S THEMATIC COMMITTEE EXAMINES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CASES STUDIES IN SWEDEN, CHINA, POLAND, TANZANIA

07/06/2001

Press Release
GA/9872

General Assembly Thematic Committee

Twenty-fifth Special Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

HABITAT SPECIAL SESSION’S THEMATIC COMMITTEE EXAMINES ENVIRONMENTAL

MANAGEMENT CASES STUDIES IN SWEDEN, CHINA, POLAND, TANZANIA

7 June 2001

GA/9871

CONTINUING SPECIAL SESSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF HABITAT AGENDA, ASSEMBLY STRESSES SHELTER FOR ALL, SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENTS

07/06/2001

Press Release
GA/9871

General Assembly Plenary

Twenty-fifth Special Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

CONTINUING SPECIAL SESSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF HABITAT AGENDA,

ASSEMBLY STRESSES SHELTER FOR ALL, SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENTS

7 June 2001

AFR/326-HR/4535

UN SPECIAL ENVOY SAYS PROTECTION, REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN SHOULD BE TOP PRIORITY IN CONGO

07/06/2001

Press Release
AFR/326
HR/4535

UN SPECIAL ENVOY SAYS PROTECTION, REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN

SHOULD BE TOP PRIORITY IN CONGO

Calls for Complete Halt to Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers

6 June 2001

SG/SM/7838-OBV/218

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ‘LOCAL GOVERNMENT DAY’ REMARKS, OUTLINES AREAS IN WHICH UNITED NATIONS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN WORK TOGETHER

06/06/2001

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SG/SM/7838
OBV/218

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ‘LOCAL GOVERNMENT DAY’ REMARKS, OUTLINES AREAS

IN WHICH UNITED NATIONS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN WORK TOGETHER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at 'Local Government Day' in New York on 5 June, which included the presentation of the Declaration of the Second World Assembly of Cities and Local Authorities:

6 June 2001

SG/SM/7837-HAB/174

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PARTNERSHIP, URBAN GOVERNANCE, SECURE TENURE TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION REVIEWING 1996 HABITAT AGENDA

06/06/2001

Press Release
SG/SM/7837
HAB/174

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PARTNERSHIP, URBAN GOVERNANCE, SECURE TENURE

TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION REVIEWING 1996 HABITAT AGENDA

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered today in New York to the General Assembly Special Session for an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of the outcome of the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) (Istanbul, 1996):