NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE ‘VITAL PARTNERS’ IN IMPLEMENTING AIMS

AND GOALS OF SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the non-governmental organization meeting held during the special session of the General Assembly on children:

‘FOR EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD, THERE IS A SEVEN DOLLAR

RETURN FOR SOCIETY’, KOFI ANNAN SAYS AT SPECIAL SESSION OPENING

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address today at the opening of the General Assembly special session on children:

HIV/AIDS TREATMENT, PREVENTION CAN WORK IN ANY CULTURE,

EVEN POOREST, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Pacific Council on International Policy in San Francisco today:

General Assembly Plenary

Tenth Emergency Special Session

16^th Meeting (AM, PM & Night)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS ASSAULTS AGAINST PALESTINIANS BY ISRAELI OCCUPYING

FORCES, REFUSAL TO COOPERATE WITH FACT-FINDING TEAM

Resolution on Illegal Israeli Actions Adopted

By Vote of 74 in Favour, 4 Against, with 54 Abstaining

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

SAYS UN NEEDS BUSINESS AS FULL PARTNER IN MISSION OF PEACE, DEVELOPMENT

Following is the address of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the International Chamber of Commerce in Denver, Colorodo, on 6 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED BY SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK IN RISHON LETZION, ISRAEL

Reiterates in 'Strongest Possible Terms'

His Utter Condemnation of Terrorist Attacks against Civilians

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

SECURITY COUNCIL CONCLUDES MISSION TO GREAT LAKES REGION

The following communiqué was issued today by the Security Council mission to the Great Lakes region on 6 May:

The delegation of the Security Council of the United Nations concluded on

6 May 2002 in Kigali, Rwanda, its mission to the Great Lakes region, which started on 28 April in Pretoria, South Africa, and which included visits to eight countries.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan traveled to Boston in the afternoon of Sunday, 5 May.

‘USE OF CHILD COMBATANTS WILL CARRY CONSEQUENCES’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS EVENT ON CHILD SOLDIERS

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the "Reclaiming Our Children" event on child soldiers, held today in advance of the General Assembly special session on children in New York:

GOOD GOVERNANCE AMONG TOP PRIORITIES FOR UN DRUG CONTROL

AND CRIME PREVENTION OFFICE

New Executive Director Sets Out Priorities on First Day in Vienna Post

(Reissued as received.)