Press Release

LEAD ADDITIVES FOR GASOLINE, DEADLY PESTICIDE TARGETED FOR TRADE WATCH LIST

(Reissued as received.)

DISARMAMENT ADVISORY BOARD TO ADDRESS TERRORISM, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

AT FORTHCOMING NEW YORK SESSION, 4 - 6 FEBRUARY

NEW YORK, 3 February (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters will meet for a three-day closed session in New York from 4 to 6 February 2004.  The last session of the Board was held in Geneva from 16 to 18 July 2003.  The Board meets twice a year.

POPPY CULTIVATION IN AFGHANISTAN -– SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES

FAO Asks for $25.5 Million to Finance

Development Projects in Main Poppy-Producing Areas

ROME, 2 February (FAO) -- Eliminating opium production in Afghanistan will only be successful if poverty and unemployment are reduced at the same time, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

647^th Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

Recommends Use of Temporary Special Measures,

Such as Quotas, to Accelerate Equal Treatment of Men, Women

Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Brussels from Paris in the morning of Wednesday, 28 January.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES SOMALI LEADERS TO SWIFTLY CONCLUDE NATIONAL

RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE OF ALL PARTIES

IN SEARCH FOR CONSTITUTIONAL SOLUTION IN VENEZUELA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES LLOYD AXWORTHY SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

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

The Secretary-General has been very concerned about the lack of progress in the implementation of the Algiers Agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

DEATH OF RICHARD CONROY, UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN UZBEKISTAN, IS LOSS TO ENTIRE

UNITED NATIONS FAMILY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO MEMORIAL SERVICE

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REBALANCED INTERNATIONAL AGENDA IN 2004, WITH CONCRETE

PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT, AS HE ACCEPTS HONORARY DEGREE IN BRUSSELS

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks upon receiving a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Ghent in Brussels, 30 January:

Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister and Mr. Rector, for those very warm words.