UN VOLUNTEERS' CONTRIBUTION CRUCIAL TO SUCCESS OF UNITED NATIONS OPERATIONS,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of an address as delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 21 June 2001:

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL LOUISE FRÉCHETTE

AT HEADQUARTERS, 20 JUNE 2001

The Deputy Secretary-General:  This is an attempt to present in a comprehensive way what is going to happen at the special session, which, as you know, will take place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week.

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS PROGRESS, SETBACKS

SINCE 1990 WORLD SUMMIT ON CHILDREN

Following is the text of remarks made this morning by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the opening of the third substantive session of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session on Children:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR GREATER ASSISTANCE FOR CHERNOBYL VICTIMS

Following is the text of remarks made yesterday evening by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the opening ceremony of an exhibition titled “Black Wind, White Land -- Living with Chernobyl”:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES VISION, ACCOMPLISHMENTS

OF ‘NEW’ UNITED NATIONS, IN NEW YORK ADDRESS

Following is the text of an address given by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchetteto the annual luncheon meeting of the Pilgrims of the United States in New York on 25 April:

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL LOUISE FRÉCHETTE

AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 APRIL 2001

CIVILIAN PROTECTION MUST BE REGULAR, CENTRAL ASPECT OF UN PEACE OPERATIONS,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS, IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the statement of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Security Council meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict in New York on 23 April:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SPEAKS TO SWISS PARLIAMENT COMMITTEES

ON UNITED NATIONS OF TODAY AND OF TOMORROW

Following is a translation from French of the text of an address given in Bern, Switzerland, on 3 April by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette, to joint hearings on membership in the United Nations organized by the foreign policy committees of the Swiss Parliament:

UN DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL LOUISE FRÉCHETTE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KABBAH

FREETOWN, 6 April (UNAMSIL) -- United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette met yesterday with President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah as part of her three-day visit to Sierra Leone.  Explaining the purpose of her visit,

'EVERY ISSUE IS A "WOMEN’S ISSUE", AND WOMEN SHOULD GET INVOLVED IN ALL AREAS

OF HUMAN CONCERNS', SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of the Helvi Sipilä Lecture delivered in Helsinki on 20 March by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette:

It is a great pleasure for me to be here with you tonight, and a great honour to give the Helvi Sipilä Lecture.