| Press Release DC/2901 |
CONFERENCE ON IMPLEMENTATION, BY ARAB STATES, OF UN ACTION PROGRAMME ON ILLICIT
TRADE IN SMALL ARMS TO TAKE PLACE IN CAIRO, 16-18 DECEMBER
| Press Release SAG/203 |
UN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION CELEBRATES
TENTH SESSION OF ITS GOVERNING CONFERENCE
(Reissued as received.)
The first week of December, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) celebrated the tenth session of its General Conference, the highest governing body of the agency of 171 member States.
| Press Release PI/1550 |
World Summit of the Information Society
Closing Meeting (PM)
WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY CONCLUDES FIRST PHASE
BY ADOPTING DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND PLAN OF ACTION
Affirms Right to Freedom of Expression; Recommends Creation of National Cyber
Strategies in All Countries by 2005; Requests Working Group on Internet Governance
(Reissued as received.)
Let me start by thanking Professor Küng –- not only for that very kind introduction, but also for inviting me here to give this lecture. I was deeply touched when, eighteen months ago in Berlin, he handed me a note asking me to do this as a birthday gift for him, at any time after his 75th birthday on 19 March 2003.
| Press Release SG/SM/9074 ECO/48 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR GERMAN SUPPORT OF GLOBAL COMPACT; CALLS
ON BUSINESS, NGOS, GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE STAND FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Following is the text of the toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Global Compact dinner hosted by German Chancellor Schroeder in Berlin on
11 December:
| Press Release AFR/795 REC/137 |
PAN-AFRICAN IMPLEMENTATION AND PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE
ON WATER ENDS WITH ACTION PLAN FOR CONTINENT
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release PI/1546 |
World Summit on the Information Society
3rd Plenary Meeting (PM)
WSIS: PROMOTION OF ICTS CAN HELP WORLD ATTAIN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Participants Stress ICTs Must Be Harnessed to Ensure
Sustainable Development, Inclusive Information Society Based on Human Rights
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release SC/7950* |
Security Council
4879th Meeting** (AM)
NARROW WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY EXISTS TO PUT MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
BACK ON TRACK, SPECIAL COORDINATOR TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL
| Press Release PAL/1972 |
PAL/1972*
| Press Release SG/SM/9075 DEV/2450 |
ANTI-POVERTY GOALS CANNOT BE MET WITHOUT TRUE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP,
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MARRAKESH CONFERENCE
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the High-Level Conference on South-South Cooperation in Marrakesh, 16 December:
