-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- http://www.un.org/millennium/ The Millennium Assembly and the Millennium Summit The Millennium Assembly offers a timely opportunity for the world's leaders to look beyond their pressing daily concerns and consider what kind of United Nations they can envision and will support in the new century. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Six billion human beings. Rapid globalization. Intractable conflicts. Genocide and ethnic cleansing. Promoting development. Combating poverty and AIDS. Controlling climate change. As humanity reflects on the challenges we face at this millennial milestone, it is a chance also to reflect on the only global organization to which we can turn: the United Nations. To consider how to strengthen the role of the world body in meeting the challenges of the twenty-first century, the UN General Assembly decided to designate its 55th session, starting on 5 September 2000, as the Millennium Assembly of the United Nations and to hold a Millennium Summit. Likely to be the largest-ever gathering of Heads of State or Government, the Summit will be a historic occasion for the 188 Member States of the United Nations to address the challenges of the new century. It will open on 6 September 2000 at UN Headquarters in New York. According to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, it is essential that the Millennium Summit should provide an opportunity for a "moral recommitment" to the principles of the UN Charter and new political momentum for international cooperation. The turn of the century is "a unique and symbolically compelling moment to articulate and affirm an animating vision for the United Nations in the new era", the General Assembly stated when it decided in December 1998 to hold the Millennium events, based on the Secretary-General's recommendation. Marking a Milestone To raise international awareness of the UN's vital work as the world marks the new century, a promotional campaign will lead up to the Millennium Assembly and Summit. During December 1999 several activities will take place at UN Headquarters in New York. Children from many countries and cultures will share their visions for the future in a multimedia exhibit of art and creative writing. A message from the Secretary-General for the dawn of the new century will be carried by broadcasters worldwide, and the UN Headquarters building will be illuminated to spell out "UN2000". Regional Hearings To prepare for the Millennium Assembly and Millennium Summit, five regional hearings have been organized to elicit innovative views from civil society and political leaders on how best to strengthen the United Nations to face the challenges ahead. In cooperation with the UN Regional Commissions, hearings have been held in: Beirut, Lebanon, for Western Asia; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for Africa; Geneva, Switzerland, for Europe; Santiago, Chile, for Latin America and the Caribbean; and Tokyo, Japan, for Asia and the Pacific. The Secretary-General, who had requested that the regional hearings be held, will draw on the reports from the hearings, available on-line, in preparing his report to the General Assembly to be issued in March 2000. Around the World United Nations offices around the world will bring home the issues of the Millennium Assembly and Summit by organizing and participating in scores of millennium events in their own regions. Millennium Forum To add the voices of "We the peoples of the United Nations" - the opening words of the UN Charter - and broaden the discussions on the world body's future role, civil society groups will organize and hold a Millennium Forum on 22-26 May 2000 at UN Headquarters. The Forum, proposed by the Secretary-General and supported by the UN, plans to link closely to the themes for the UN Assembly and Summit. Many other conferences and events for the millennium are being organized worldwide on a range of topics related to the UN's sphere of activity. A calendar of these can be found on the UN Millennium web site. Contact: Millennium Forum Executive Committee 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120 New York, NY 10017-1822 Tel: (212) 803-2522, Fax (212) 803-2561 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: www.millenniumforum.org For more information On the Internet: www.un.org/millennium Office for the Millennium Assembly Room S-3275 United Nations New York, NY 10017 Tel: (212) 963-5739 Fax (212) 963-0616 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Public Information Room S-955 United Nations New York, NY 10017 Public queries: tel (212) 963-4475 Media queries: tel (212) 963-6870 NGO queries: tel (212) 963-8070 Fax: (212) 963-0536; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Next year, leaders from all over the world will come to New York for the Millennium Summit. They will consider the challenges ahead, and what the United Nations can do to face them. Those leaders will be representing you, the peoples of the United Nations. It is up to you to make sure they come here firmly resolved to take decisions which can lead to a better life for all of us, and for our children. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Published by the United Nations Department of Public Information - DPI/2083 - November 1999 ================================ Robert F. Tatman The Tatman Group/Internet Research Jenkintown, PA, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tatmangroup.net <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. 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