Fréchette

Louise Fréchette

As Fréchette departs, Annan pays tribute to UN’s first Deputy Secretary-General

31 March 2006
As Canada’s Louise Fréchette departed the United Nations today after serving for eight years as its first Deputy Secretary-General, Kofi Annan paid tribute to her for leaving behind a more effective Organization.
Louise Fréchette

Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to leave UN in April

16 December 2005
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette, appointed to the newly created post in 1998, will be leaving the United Nations early next year to become Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Waterloo, Canada, the UN spokesman announced today.
Louise Fréchette

Fréchette says women’s equality crucial to achieving development goals

12 September 2005
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are central to achieving major development goals as well as many of the commitments made at all major United Nations conferences and summits since the 1990s, UN Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said in anticipation of this week’s World Summit in New York.
Louise Fréchette

Fréchette to make official visits to Italy and Switzerland

30 April 2004
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette is set to make official visits next week to Switzerland and Italy, where she will attend the official launch in Rome of the Global Compact, an initiative of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to encourage business and labour to support universal principles on human rights, work norms and environmental protection.

Fréchette to meet Canadian board and address tourism group in China

14 October 2003
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette today headed to Vancouver for a foundation meeting, to be followed by a speech before the World Tourism Organization in China.

In Brussels, Fréchette discusses UN-EU cooperation on crisis management

15 May 2003
The Deputy Secretary-General, Louise Fréchette, met in Brussels today with officials from the European Union for talks on cooperation with the United Nations on crisis management.

Fréchette highlights importance of collective response to global challenges

12 May 2003
With most of the challenges faced by the world related in one way or another to globalization, the international community faces the fundamental choice of collective or individual action in how it deals with those issues, the Deputy United Nations Secretary-General, Louise Fréchette, said today in Poland, where she is kicking off a weeklong visit to Europe.
Louise Fréchette

UN Deputy Secretary-General set to begin weeklong official visit to Europe

9 May 2003
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette will embark next Monday on a weeklong visit to Europe where she is scheduled to meet with various national and regional officials to discuss issues of mutual concern.
Louise Fréchette

In Afghanistan, Deputy Secretary-General stresses importance of protecting human rights

22 October 2002
Human rights in Afghanistan topped the agenda of activities today by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette as she continued her official visit to the war-ravaged nation.
Louise Fréchette

Deputy Secretary-General stresses need for dialogue among cultures

18 October 2002
A dialogue among cultures based on respect for the dignity of all can help to foster peace and international cooperation, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today in an address to a meeting of the Francophonie Organization in Beirut.