Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annans address this evening to the seventeenth National Convention of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee in Arlington, Virginia:
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annans address this evening to the seventeenth National Convention of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee in Arlington, Virginia:
It gives me great pleasure to be here for your annual convention and to salute the important work you are doing.
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) would need a significant number of years to complete its job, Bernard Kouchner, the Secretary-General's Special Representative and head of UNMIK told the Security Council this morning.
The Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court (ICC) will begin a three-week session on Monday, 12 June, to meet the mandated deadline of 30 June for finalization of the operational details of the Statute necessary for the eventual functioning of the Court.
Following is the text of the closing statement of the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), to the Assemblys twenty-third special session Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century, on 9 June:
The special session of the General Assembly -- "Women 2000, Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century" -- continued its review of the implementation of the Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995) this morning, hearing from 16 speakers.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan will travel for three days starting on Friday, 9 June, first to Washington, D.C., where he will speak to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and from there to San Francisco, California, where he will deliver a commencement speech at Stanford University.
Committee to Review Reports of 7 States Parties
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General notes that there has been some progress overnight towards finalizing the outcome of the Beijing plus five process. He welcomes the spirit of cooperation shown by delegations.
