Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Theo- Ben Gurirab (Namibia), to the twenty-third special session of the Assembly Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century on 5 June:
Secretary-General Says Future of This Planet Depends on Women
Following are the remarks made today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the Non-Governmental Organization Public Event held at the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to mark the opening of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly:
In its closing meeting this afternoon, the Commission on the Status of Women acting as the Preparatory Committee for the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly on follow-up to 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women transmitted the text of a proposed outcome document to the Assembly.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annans message for the opening of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) exhibition, Progress of the Worlds Women, on 5 June:
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Marie Heuzé as the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva. She will take up her duties on 5 June.
The Security Council this afternoon requested the Secretary-General to establish for a period of six months an expert panel on the illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which should produce recommendations on the matter.
