PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED AT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SUMMIT IN JOHANNESBURG

Aim at Priority Issues -- Water, Energy,

Health, Agricultural Production, Biodiversity

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

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CITY DWELLERS REPRESENT THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

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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SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

                                                                  ENV/DEV/673

SECRETARY-GENERAL REAFFIRMS DETERMINATION OF UNITED NATIONS

TO HELP BOTSWANA FIGHT HIV/AIDS

Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the State banquet hosted in his honour by His Excellency Festus G. Mogae, President of the Republic of Botswana, in Gaborone on 27 August:

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BOTSWANA’S SUCCESS DEMONSTRATES THAT AFRICA CAN OVERCOME PROBLEMS

RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY, CONSERVATION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AMONG ISSUES

RAISED, AS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT CONTINUES

‘Partnership Plenary’ Speakers Express Support for Kyoto Protocol,

Targets for Renewable Energy Use, Removal of Fossil Fuel Subsidies

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

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