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SG/SM/8262
05/06/2002
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SG/SM/8262


SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING MOSCOW AWARD, SAYS STRENGTH OF RUSSIAN SPIRIT

‘IS YOUR COUNTRY’S GREATEST NATURAL ASSET’


Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on receiving the Commemorative Medal of Prince Gorchakov, Moscow, 5 June:


I am deeply honoured by this award -- and doubly so since I am the first non-Russian to receive it.

GA/SM/284-ENV/DEV/650-OBV/276
04/06/2002
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GA/SM/284
ENV/DEV/650
OBV/276


WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY THEME –- ‘GIVE EARTH A CHANCE’ –- SUMMONS ALL TO CONTRIBUTE

TO HEALING OF AILING PLANET, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMLBY PRESIDENT


Following is the message of General Assembly President Han Seung-soo (Republic of Korea) on World Environment Day, which is observed 5 June:

SC/7420
04/06/2002
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SC/7420


PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is today’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the President of the Security Council, Mikhail Wehbe (Syria):


The Council members discussed the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Members of the Council heard a briefing from Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.

SG/SM/8259
04/06/2002
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SG/SM/8259


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘TIMELY’ ASIA CONFIDENCE-BUILDING SUMMIT EVIDENCE


NATIONS CAN WORK TOGETHER IN PRACTICAL WAYS TO PROMOTE COMMON SECURITY


Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the summit meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building in Asia (CICA), delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Danilo Turk in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 4 June:

WOM/1339
04/06/2002
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WOM/1339


Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-seventh Session

551st and 552nd Meetings (AM & PM)


EXPERTS ON WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKE UP ZAMBIA’S REPORTS;


SAY TRADITIONAL STEREOTYPES UNDERMINE EFFORTS AT ENSURING EQUALITY


Praise Frankness of Reports in Presenting Problems,

But Express Concern Over Conflicts Between Customary, Statutory Law