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. 

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DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES SPECIAL PROBLEMS POSED BY ETHNIC CONFLICTS,

IN OPENING REMARKS TO SEMINAR ON ALAND ISLANDS SETTLEMENT

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frèchette to the seminar on “The Aland Islands as an Example for Peaceful Governance” in New York on 15 March:

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DESPITE CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE, 'WOMEN ARE ALL TOO OFTEN ABSENT OR POORLY

REPRESENTED IN FORMAL PEACE TALKS', DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the Millennium Peace Prize Dinner in New York on 8 March:

WOMEN CAN BE POWERFUL FORCE FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION AND MUST BE INTEGRATED

MORE EFFECTIVELY IN PEACE PROCESSES WORLDWIDE, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette delivered today at the “Women and Peace” panel at United Nations Headquarters on the occasion of International Women’s Day:

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