Deputy Secretary-General

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REMARKS AT OPENING OF UNITED NATIONS/EAST TIMOR

HEADQUARTERS EXHIBITION, 20 MAY

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the opening of the United Nations/East Timor Exhibition, Headquarters, 20 May:

Today -- 20 May 2002 -- is a day of great joy.  On this day, East Timor has become an independent nation. 

HAILING EAST TIMOR'S INDEPENDENCE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES

CONTINUED GENEROUS COMMITMENT TO NEW STATE

Following is the text of this morning's address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Security Council meeting on East Timor:

PERMANENT FORUM IS MILESTONE IN STRUGGLE FOR RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the address today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the first session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York:

It is a great pleasure to join you on a truly historic day for the world’s indigenous peoples and for the United Nations.

HIV/AIDS TREATMENT, PREVENTION CAN WORK IN ANY CULTURE,

EVEN POOREST, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Pacific Council on International Policy in San Francisco today:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

SAYS UN NEEDS BUSINESS AS FULL PARTNER IN MISSION OF PEACE, DEVELOPMENT

Following is the address of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the International Chamber of Commerce in Denver, Colorodo, on 6 May:

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DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES ANNUAL CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEETING

Following is the text of the address of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the annual meeting of the Canadian Bar Association in Montreal,

18 April:

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‘DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE IMPOSED FROM OUTSIDE’; HOMEGROWN STRATEGY

IS NEEDED, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

The following is the text of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at Yale University, entitled “A New Consensus on Development?  Moving on from Monterrey”, delivered in New Haven, Connecticut, on 3 April:

HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE CENTRAL TO NEW UN MISSION FOR AFGHANISTAN,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of a briefing to today’s Security Council meeting on Afghanistan by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette: