| Press Release GA/10220 |
Fifty-eighth General Assembly
Plenary
73rd Meeting (AM & PM)
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS HONOURED AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MARKS FIFTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION
| Press Release PI/1537 |
AT WORLD ELECTRONIC MEDIA FORUM, PANEL DEBATES POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES,
DANGERS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
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| Press Release SG/SM/9070 PI/1535 |
‘BUILDING AN OPEN, EMPOWERING INFORMATION SOCIETY IS A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND
ULTIMATELY POLITICAL CHALLENGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD SUMMIT
Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva today:
| Press Release HR/4715 |
NEW CARTOON FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO RAISE AWARENESS,
MOBILIZE ACTION TO TACKLE HIV/AIDS
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| Press Release PI/1533 |
World Electronic Media Forum
Round Table
WORLD ELECTRONIC MEDIA FORUM ROUND TABLE DISCUSSES MEDIA
FREEDOM AND MEDIA LANDSCAPE IN ARAB WORLD
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| Press Release SG/SM/9072 ENV/DEV/745 |
REAL PROGRESS DEALING WITH CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE URGENTLY NEEDED,
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MEETING OF STATES PARTIES
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivered by J. A. Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, in Milan, 10 December:
| Press Release UNEP/192 |
WEATHER-RELATED NATURAL DISASTERS IN 2003 COST WORLD BILLIONS; UNEP BACKS
EMISSIONS TRADING AS KEY WEAPON AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
(Reissued as received.)
MILAN/NAIROBI, 10 December (UNEP) -- Natural disasters, the lion's share of which were weather-related catastrophes, cost the world over $60 billion in 2003, up from around $55 billion the year before.
| Press Release SG/SM/9069 PI/1534 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES COMMUNICATION WILL ‘BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING’,
IN MESSAGE TO STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN WORLD SUMMIT EVENT
Following is the text of the message sent today from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to students participating in the World Summit Event for Schools:
| Press Release PI/1532 |
THE SPECIAL ADVISER OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WSIS AND THE HEAD OF DPI
STRESS ROLE OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN DEVELOPMENT
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| Press Release SG/SM/9071 PI/1536 SAG/201 |
COMMUNITY MULTIMEDIA CENTRES TREMENDOUS PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT, SAYS
SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA LAUNCH OF INITIATIVE
