'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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DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION

IN ADDRESS TO OTTAWA LEADERSHIP FORUM

Following is the address of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the first annual Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs Leadership Forum and Awards Dinner in Ottawa on 8 February:

Thank you for that warm welcome.  It gives me great pleasure to join you today, for many reasons.

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL THAT STRENGTH AND PROMISE

OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING LIES IN COLLABORATIVE APPROACH

Following is the text of a statement made today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to a Security Council open debate on strengthening cooperation with troop-contributing countries:

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DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SEEKS SUPPORT FOR URGENT ACTION ON MAJOR DEVELOPMENT ISSUES CONFRONTING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

Address to Washington, D.C. Group Cites Globalization, Conflict, HIV/AIDS, Environmental Constraints as Challenge of ‘Appalling Dimensions’

This is the text of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette today to the Society for International Development in Washington, D.C.:

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IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS, SILENCE IS ENEMY, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD AIDS DAY EVENT

Following is the text of a statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louis Frechette at an event held in New York to mark World Aids Day (1 December):