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SG/SM/8633-OBV/330-RD/975
14/03/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8633
OBV/330
RD/975


FORTY YEARS AFTER SHARPEVILLE MASSACRE, FIGHT AGAINST RACISM NOT YET WON,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY


Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which is observed 21 March:

GA/SM/308-OBV/328-WOM/1393
07/03/2003
Press Release
GA/SM/308
OBV/328
WOM/1393


WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT KEY TO ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM SUMMIT ANTI-POVERTY GOALS,


SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY


Following is the message of the President of the General Assembly, Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), on International Women’s Day (8 March):

OBV/327-WOM/1392
07/03/2003
Press Release
OBV/327
WOM/1392


MILLENNIUM SUMMIT GOALS CAN BE REACHED ONLY BY INVESTMENT IN WORLD’S WOMEN,

SAYS DEPUTY-SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS WOMEN’S DAY OBSERVED AT HEADQUARTERS


The international community could reach the development goals of the Millennium Summit by 2015 only by investing in the world’s women,

Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today, as the United Nations observed International Women’s Day in a Web cast event at Headquarters.