Press Release ECO/26 |
UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT CONVENES UNPRECEDENTED MEETING
TO ADVANCE CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP WORLDWIDE
Press Release ECO/26 |
UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT CONVENES UNPRECEDENTED MEETING
TO ADVANCE CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP WORLDWIDE
Press Release SG/SM/8554 OBV/317 |
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):
Press Release SG/SM/8555 |
‘OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES HAS IMPROVED REMARKABLY,’
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT LUNCHEON FOR UN FOUNDATION
Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the luncheon honouring Mr. R.E. Turner and the Board of Directors of the United Nations Foundation (UNF) in New York today:
Press Release PAL/1932 |
UNRWA LAUNCHES $94 MILLION APPEAL FOR WEST BANK AND GAZA
JERUSALEM, 10 December -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) today launched an appeal to the international community for $94 million needed to allow the Agency to carry out emergency relief work in the occupied Palestinian territory during the first half of 2003. By comparison, in 2002 UNRWA asked donors for $173 million over the full year and almost
Press Release SG/SM/8552 |
'KNOWLEDGE MEANS POWER' -- AND THOSE WHO PROVIDE HONEST INFORMATION ARE
BEST ALLIES OF UN, SAYS KOFI ANNAN IN BBC WORLD SERVICE LECTURE
Secretary-General Announces
New World Service Series on 'Millennium Milestones'
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's BBC World Service lecture, delivered in New York on 10 December:
Press Release SG/SM/8549 SC/7592 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR DETERMINATION TO MAKE PROTECTION
OF CIVILIANS AN INESCAPABLE DUTY FOR ALL PARTIES IN CONFLICT
Following is the statement delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the meeting of the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict:
Press Release SG/SM/8550/Rev.1 AFR/530/Rev.1 |
SG/SM/8550/Rev.1*
Press Release GA/EF/3032 |
Fifty-seventh General Assembly
Second Committee
42nd Meeting (PM)
SECOND COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLS FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY
IN REFORM OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE
Approves International Finance and Development Text, Eight Others
Press Release SC/7591 |
Security Council
4660th Meeting* (AM & PM)
SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS
IN SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT IS KEY TO SUSTAINABLE PEACE
Practical Action Called for; Human Rights Day Discussion
Press Release DSG/SM/183 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES 'DOMINANT CONCEPTS' IN DEVELOPMENT POLICY
AT INTERACTION CEO RETREAT
Following is the speech by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to InterAction's Annual CEO Retreat, Washington, D.C., 9 December: