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):

‘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:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

73^rd Meeting (AM)

ISRAELI PRACTICES, PALESTINE REFUGEE AGENCY, DECOLONIZATION, INFORMATION

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN 30 TEXTS ADOPTED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Acting on Recommendations of Fourth Committee,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

33^rd Meeting (AM)

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:

                                                            SG/SM/8550/Rev.1*

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

42^nd Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLS FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY

IN REFORM OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE

Approves International Finance and Development Text, Eight Others

Security Council

4660^th 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

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:

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of yesterday’s press statement on the Central African Republic and Chad by Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Security Council heard successively the Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, Martin Ziguele, and the Permanent Representative of Chad, Koumtog Laotegguelnodgi.