DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING HONORARY DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF TURIN,

OUTLINES CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZING ERA

Following is the text of today’s address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette upon receiving an Honorary Degree from the University of Turin, Italy:

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT VULNERABLE

PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Introduces Secretary-General’s Report on Prevention of Armed Conflict

Following is the text of a statement today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the General Assembly on the Report of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Armed Conflict:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE ON DEATH OF HUMAYUN CHOUDHURY

OF BANGLADESH, FORMER PRESIDENT OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

This is the text of a statement to the General Assembly today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette on the death of Humayun Rasheed Choudhury of Bangladesh, President of the forty-first session of the Assembly in 1986.

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘STRONGEST POSSIBLE’ ACTION PROGRAMME

FROM SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE

Following is the text of an address as delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects at United Nations Headquarters in New York today:

CONFLICT PREVENTION MUST BE CENTRAL PILLAR OF 21^ST - CENTURY COLLECTIVE

SECURITY SYSTEM, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COUNCIL

Following is the text of this morning’s statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette in the Security Council’s open debate on conflict prevention:

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: