LITERACY ‘A PREREQUISITE FOR PEACE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE FOR ANNUAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for International Literacy Day, 8 September:

CHILDREN, AGRICULTURE, BUILDING CAPACITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED AT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

32 Agencies, Organizations Speak in Plenary Session

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS, ADEQUATE FINANCING NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT TOLD

Summit Plenary Hears from Wide Range of Agencies, Organizations

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The Secretary-General arrived in Gaborone, Botswana, in the morning of Tuesday, 27 August.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DYNAMISM, COMMITMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE,

MEETING AT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SUMMIT IN EGYPT, 7-11 SEPTEMBER

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Meeting of States Parties Convention

on Elimination of Discrimination against Women

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

STATES PARTIES TO WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

ELECT 12 EXPERTS TO MONITORING COMMITTEE

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT FOCUSES ON IMPORTANCE

OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

JOHANNESBURG, 29 August -- The importance of regional arrangements and cooperation in the implementation and follow-up of the outcome of the World Summit on Sustainable Development was the focus of an interactive discussion held this morning. 

'BUSINESS AS USUAL' NOT OPTION FOR FIGHTING POVERTY, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

IN NEXT DECADE, SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLD

Hears from 31 Agencies, Organizations in Plenary Session

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

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