Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DECLARATION APPROVED AT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION’S HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

CALLS FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO VISION FOR MORE JUST, EQUITABLE WORLD

Ten-Year Review of Copenhagen World Summit Continues at Headquarters

LIFE-SAVING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE UNDER WAY IN ITURI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

OF CONGO, SAYS UN HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR

 

BUNIA, 8 February (OCHA) -- Humanitarian organizations have begun the delivery of much-needed emergency assistance to the survivors of an attack on Tché, District of Ituri.  Over 10,000 people are now gathered in the area, seeking protection from further attacks by FNI militia.

GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN APPEALS FOR HELP

 

NEW YORK, 11 February (OCHA) -- The Government of Tajikistan has requested assistance from the United Nations after heavy snowstorms in that country.

TODAY’S THREATS -– TERRORISM, POVERTY -– REQUIRE REFORMED UN,

COLLECTIVE ACTION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN LONDON ADDRESS

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s speech at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, in London, United Kingdom, 10 February:

Thank you, Prime Minister, for that remarkable introduction.  You have very lucidly provided the context for what I am about to say this morning.

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

Round table 1 (AM)

WORKING GROUP ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE TO DISCUSS POLICY ISSUES

AND PRIORITIES, INTERNET SECURITY, ACCESS FOR ALL

 

(Reissued as received.)

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

Round table 3 (AM)

SPEAKERS IN ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION CITE NEED FOR INTEGRATED SOCIAL POLICIES,

GREATER CONSENSUS AMONG GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE SECTOR, CIVIL SOCIETY

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

Round table 2 (AM)

WORLDWIDE CELEBRATIONS TO MARK KYOTO PROTOCOL'S ENTRY INTO FORCE 16 FEBRUARY

(Reissued as received.)

BONN, 10 February (UNFCCC) -- Across the globe, a series of official events will be held on 16 February 2005 to celebrate the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol.

World’s challenge – make globalization work for all, Deputy Secretary-General

 

tells social development commission

Following is Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s statement at the opening of the High-Level Segment of the Commission for Social Development, in New York, 10 February: