Press Release

‘FUTURE OF HUMANITY LIES IN CITIES’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

MOSCOW CONFERENCE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Sustainable Urban Development in Russia, Moscow, 5 June:

PROGRESS WILL DEPEND ON ACTIONS BY ALL THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, AVAILABILITY

OF RESOURCES, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS BALI PREPARATORY MEETING

Following is the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the fourth session of the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Bali today, 5 June:

UN OCEANS ATLAS PROVIDES FIRST COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME TOOL

TO OBSERVE STATE OF WORLD’S OCEANS

UN, Global Scientific Partners Unite to Reverse Oceans Deterioration,

Promote Sustainable Development, Inform Policy Makers, Educate Public

                                                            UNEP/114

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-seventh Session

553^rd and 554^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP ST. KITTS AND NEVIS;

PRAISES NATIONAL MACHINERY ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Experts Say Women Must Be More Visible in Public Life;

Domestic Violence, Teenage Pregnancy Among Other Issues Addressed

Security Council

4548^th Meeting* (PM)

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, COUNCIL CONDEMNS ANTI-UN ACCUSATIONS, INTIMIDATION

BY RALLY FOR CONGOLESE DEMOCRACY-GOMA IN GREAT LAKES REGION

The Secretary-General departed New York for Ukraine on Saturday, 1 June.

LACK OF FUNDING, ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, HEALTH SERVICES AMONG ISSUES

HIGHLIGHTED AT BALI PREPARATORY MEETING

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

RESPONDING TO ISRAEL BOMB ATTACK, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

PEACE PROCESS MUST NOT BE DERAILED

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

The Secretary-General was appalled by this morning’s bomb attack in northern Israel.

It comes at a time when there is a concerted international effort to convene a peace conference on the Middle East.

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.