Press Release

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

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

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:

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):

                                    Note No. 5670

HABITAT LAUNCHES REPORT ON URBAN CONDITIONS AND TRENDS

COSTS, BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED IN CITIES,

SAYS UN REPORT

(Reissued as received.)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS HABITAT AGENDA ‘GLOBAL CALL TO ACTION’

AS SPECIAL SESSION REVIEWING ITS IMPLEMENTATION OPENS AT HEADQUARTERS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, AT OPENING OF ‘URBAN MILLENNIUM’ EXHIBITION,

SAYS PROBLEMS OF URBANIZED WORLD NEED FOCUSED, URGENT ATTENTION

Following are the remarks of General Assembly President Harri Holkeri (Finland) at the opening of the exhibition “Urban Millennium,” organized by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), in New York on 5 June:

General Assembly Thematic Committee

Twenty-fifth Special Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)  

THEMATIC COMMITTEE OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S HABITAT SPECIAL SESSION

DISCUSSES PROJECTS IN EGYPT, COLOMBIA, SENEGAL, INDIA