Press Release

Secretary-General sets out priorities for his water/sanitation advisory board,

cites terrible cost of unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the first session of his Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation:

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and dear friends, welcome.  It is indeed a pleasure to see you all here.

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE URGES IRAQ’S INTERIM GOVERNMENT

TO ENSURE GENDER EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION OF WOMEN

The following statement was issued today by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW):

Secretary-General urges developed world to offer debt relief, end ‘scandal’

oF UNfair agricultural trade, in message on global anti-poverty goals

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s 21 July video message [for northern audiences] on the Millennium Development Goals:

Dear Friends,

You are here today because you believe in a better world.  So do I.

MOUNTING CHALLENGES TO NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION THEME OF

UN CONFERENCE IN SAPPORO, JAPAN, 26-29 JULY

United Nations TACKLES FOOD INSECURITY IN KENYA

NEW YORK, 22 July (OCHA) -- United Nations agencies will soon be appealing for international aid on behalf of the Kenyan Government, which has requested assistance to help overcome poor rainfall and severe crop failure.

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developing countries must integrate anti-poverty goals into policy, budgets,

improve governance says Secretary-General in video message

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s 21 July video message [for southern audiences] on the Millennium Development Goals:

Dear Friends,

You are here today because you believe in a better world.  So do I.

Today, it is fully within our power to eradicate poverty and hunger.

UN RESPONDS TO FLOODS, LANDSLIDES IN AFGHANISTAN

NEW YORK, 22 July (OCHA) -- United Nations agencies -- together with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the Afghan Government and other partners -- are distributing relief items in the north-eastern province of Badakshan.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

CLARIFIES MEDIA INACCURACIES REGARDING EXPERT REPORT

UN RESPONDS TO DEVASTATING SOUTH ASIA FLOODS