Deputy Secretary-General says deep sorrow over Rwanda must be transformed

into action to ensure such descent into horror never again permitted

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks at the meeting of the General Assembly in commemoration of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, with the participation of the President of the Security Council, in New York, 7 April:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR INCREASED SUPPORT BY EUROPEAN UNION

FOR MILLENNIUM GOALS, UN PEACEKEEPING

Following is the text of the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, 29 March:

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES CAN PLAY VITAL ROLE IN MEETING ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AT CLOSE OF INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks at the closing session of the Global Forum on Internet Governance in New York, 26 March:

DEPUTY-SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN FLETCHER SCHOOL ADDRESS, DESCRIBES LESSONS LEARNED,

SOMETIMES PAINFULLY, IN MORE THAN DECADE OF COMPLEX, PEACE-BUILDING MISSIONS

Following is Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s address to the Fletcher Conference on Innovative Approaches:  “Rethinking Interdisciplinary Action in Conflict”, at Medford, Massachusetts, 19 February:

MAJOR PROGRESS MUST BE ACHIEVED IN REFORM OF SECURITY SECTOR IN DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC OF CONGO, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of introductory remarks, translated from French, by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the high-level meeting on security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, New York, 9 February:

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST ADDRESS CHALLENGES TO UN CHARTER PRINCIPLES,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASIAN SECURITY CONFERENCE IN NEW DELHI

Following is the text, as delivered, of the keynote address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Sixth IDSA Asian Security Conference in New Delhi:

IN MONTREAL, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL INVITES STATES TO GIVE GREATER DYNAMISM

TO UN TO PROTECT WORLD’S PEOPLE FROM DANGER

Following is the text of the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the “Canadian Club” in Montreal on 19 January (translated, in part, from French):

DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEPENDENCE ON COMMODITIES MUST BE ADDRESSED FOR ANY CHANCE

AT MEETING ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks to the General Assembly on commodities and development in New York on 3 November:

GLOBAL COMMUNITY MUST BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH BOTH ‘HARD’, ‘SOFT’ THREATS,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS

Following are the remarks delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Peace and Security Funders Group today:

It is a pleasure to welcome you to United Nations Headquarters.

REFORM OF UN TO MEET NEW CIRCUMSTANCES, CHALLENGES IS ONGOING PROCESS,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

as delivered

R.A. revised by DSG

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the deputy-secretary-general

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This is the statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the General Assembly today on the question of United Nations reform: