Note No. 5762

                                                            11 November 2002

Note to Correspondents

PANEL DISCUSSION ON 13 NOVEMBER TO FOCUS ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONFERENCES

A panel discussion on the theme “Integrated follow-up of Conferences -- Millennium Summit, Doha, Monterrey, Johannesburg -- and the Millennium Development Goals” will be held on Wednesday, 13 November, in the Trusteeship Chamber from 3 to 6 p.m.

The panelists are Aziz Ali Mohammed, Adviser to the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Group of 24 on International Monetary Affairs and Development (G-24); Crispian Olver, Director-General, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa; Kipkorir Aly Rana, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO); and John Ruggie, Professor of International Affairs and Director, Center for Business and Government, Harvard University.

Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, will moderate the discussion.  Marco Antonio Suazo (Honduras), Chairman of the General Assembly’s Second Committee, will preside over the event, which will be followed by an informal question and answer session.

The event, organized by the Division for the Economic and Social Council Support and Coordination and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), is part of a series of panel discussions, keynote addresses and luncheon discussions aimed at facilitating more focused debates and deliberations in the General Assembly.

For information, please contact Alberto Padova at DESA, (212) 963 4759, padova@un.org.

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