Press Release

Commission for Social Development                          

Forty-second Session                                       

Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew from Brussels to Geneva in the early afternoon of Friday, 30 January.

SECRETARY-GENERAL INVITES GREEK AND TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADERS

TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS IN NEW YORK ON 10 FEBRUARY

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

MULTILATERAL APPROACHES ARE EFFECTIVE IN COUNTERING THREAT OF MASS DESTRUCTION

WEAPONS, BUT SERIOUS GAPS REMAIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ADVISORY BOARD

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, in New York today:

Security Council                                           

Note to Correspondents

‘CULTURE OF PEACE’ EXHIBIT, HIGHLIGHTING CONTRIBUTIONS OF BOTH ORDINARY

AND RENOWNED PEACE-BUILDERS, TO OPEN ON 4 FEBRUARY

Economic and Social Council                                

2004 Organizational Session                                

2^nd Meeting (AM)

POOR MORE SUBJECT TO COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

More Action, Resources Needed for Asia to Reach Development Goals

(Reissued as received.)

MANILA, 4 February (UN Information Service) -- While considerable progress has been made to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there are still 766 million people in the region who live below one dollar a day.

UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS FOR RELEASE OF AID WORKER ABDUCTED IN SOMALIA

GENEVA, 4 February (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Ghanim Alnajjar:

Background Release                             

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS FROM 4 TO 13 FEBRUARY;

MEMBERS TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SECTOR EFFECTIVENESS