12 December 2002

Leading manufacturers and Basel Convention to cooperate on environmentally

sound management of end-of-life mobile phones

(Reissued as received.)

CAMPAIGN TO VACCINATE MILLIONS OF FARM ANIMALS BY YEAR’S END,

AS THREAT OF RABIES LOOMS IN AFGHANISTAN

WATER ISSUES AMONG HIGHEST PRIORITIES OF UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are the remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchetteon the launch of the International Year of Freshwater (2003), New York, 12 December 2002:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

34^th Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE DEFERS CONSIDERATION OF PROGRAMME BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF TEXT

ON FOLLOW-UP TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

                                                            HR/4634

OBV/316

WORLD COMMUNITY MUST RECONCILE ANTI-TERRORISM STRUGGLE WITH RESPECT

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FRESHWATER

TO GALVANIZE ACTION ON CRITICAL WATER PROBLEMS

IN MESSAGE TO FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON REINVENTING GOVERNMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

43^rd and 44^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE TEXT CALLS FOR APPLICATION OF ENHANCED INDEBTED COUNTRIES

PLAN, CANCELLATION OF OFFICIAL BILATERAL DEBT

Approves 21 Draft Resolutions, Decisions as it Concludes Session

UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT CONVENES UNPRECEDENTED MEETING

TO ADVANCE CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP WORLDWIDE

GRAVE CONSEQUENCES AWAIT IF MILLENNIUM GOALS ON WATER, SANITATION GO

UNMET, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR YEAR OF FRESHWATER

Developed Countries Also at Risk from Further

Environmental Damage, Food Insecurity, Instability, He Warns

Following is the text of a message issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today in observance of the International Year of Freshwater (2003):