Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchettes address today at Headquarters at the High-level Segment of the Economic and Social Council on Information and Communication Technologies and Development:
GENEVA, 4 July (OCHA) -- Against the background of a promising peace process in the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), an international meeting will be convened in Geneva on 6 July to call for immediate support to the transition process and to the restoration of security and stability in the country.
The following statement was issued by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:
The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples took action on three draft resolutions this morning as it held the fifth meeting of its resumed annual session.
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
Council Opens 2000 Session, High-level Segment, With Focus on Role of Information Technology in Global Economy
Resolution 1306 (2000) Adopted by Vote of 14-0-1 (Mali)
Acting under the provisions set out in Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council this evening decided that all States shall prohibit the direct or indirect import of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone.
Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette on the signature by President William Clinton of the United States of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child:
GENEVA, 1 July (UN Information Service) -- Agreement was reached on a wide array of initiatives to reduce poverty and spur job growth in the global economy at the United Nations General Assembly special session on social development that ended today in Geneva.
The Secretary-General left Warsaw by plane for Budapest in the afternoon of Wednesday, 28 June.
