REAL TEST OF USEFULNESS OF CONFERENCES IS WHETHER THEY MAKE DIFFERENCE

IN PEOPLE’S LIVES, SAYS DEPUTY-SECRETARY-GENERAL

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LITERACY A PREREQUISITE FOR A HEALTHY, JUST, PROSPEROUS WORLD, DEPUTY

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LAUNCH OF UN LITERACY DECADE

Following is the text of remarks as delivered today, by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to mark the launch of the United Nations Literacy Decade:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO MONTREAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS ‘NATIONS WORKING TOGETHER CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE’

Following is the address of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the McGill Model United Nations Assembly, part of the annual Lester B. Pearson lecture series, in Montreal on 23 January:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF MULTILATERALISM

IN ADDRESS TO HARVARD MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2002

Following is the speech by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Harvard Model United Nations 2002 in Boston on 12 December:

WATER ISSUES AMONG HIGHEST PRIORITIES OF UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are the remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchetteon the launch of the International Year of Freshwater (2003), New York, 12 December 2002:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES 'DOMINANT CONCEPTS' IN DEVELOPMENT POLICY

AT INTERACTION CEO RETREAT

Following is the speech by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to InterAction's Annual CEO Retreat, Washington, D.C., 9 December:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS FILM, EXHIBIT ON AIDS PANDEMIC,

SAYS THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING OF PROBLEM

This is the text of remarks in New York yesterday (26 November 2002) by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette, to introduce the Rory Kennedy film and exhibition entitled ”Pandemic:  Imaging AIDS”:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VOLUNTEERISM, EMBODYING BASIC VALUES,

IS ‘ULTIMATE EXPRESSION’ OF UNITED NATIONS IDEALS

Comments Mark General Assembly Debate on Outcome of International Year

This is the text of remarks today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a luncheon on the occasion of the General Assembly debate on the outcome of the International Year of Volunteers, 2001:

FEAR OF STIGMA AS BAD AS DISEASE ITSELF, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN WORLD AIDS DAY REMARKS

Following are the remarks made by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at an event to mark World AIDS Day today, 26 November 2002:

I am delighted to see so many prominent people join us for this event to mark World AIDS Day.

LAUNCHING CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEALS 2003, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

RELIEF CAN MAKE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE, DEATH

                The following statement was issued today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the launch of the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for 2003, Bern, Switzerland, 19 November: