UN ACTS TO PREVENT WATER-BORNE DISEASE IN ZIMBABWE

SPECIAL ENVOY SEEKS AID FOR SUDANESE REFUGEES

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

632^nd & 633^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

FOUNDATIONS FOR GENDER EQUALITY FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IN KYRGYZSTAN,

ACCORDING TO WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Experts Call for Full Implementation of Country’s ‘Significant’ Body of Legislation

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY SADDENED’ AT DEATH OF RICHARD CONROY,

UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN

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

The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Richard Conroy, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Tashkent, in a plane crash in Uzbekistan.

DELIVERING INAUGURAL ROBERT BURNS MEMORIAL LECTURE, SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN

CALLS FOR BROTHERHOOD, TOLERANCE, COEXISTENCE AMONG ALL PEOPLES

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Inaugural Robert Burns Memorial Lecture, “The Brotherhood of Man”, which he delivered at United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday, 13 January:

GOOD GOVERNANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT WOULD ENCOURAGE

FOREIGN INVESTMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WEST AFRICAN SUMMIT

(Delayed in translation.)

States Parties to Convention

Against Racial Discrimination

Twentieth Session

29^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

ELECT NINE MEMBERS TO MONITORING COMMITTEE

EUROPEANS DEBATE THEIR FUTURE, AFFIRM COMMITMENT TO CAIRO AGENDA

Experts Address Population Trends, Challenges in Diverse Region

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 14 January (UNFPA) -- Population and reproductive health experts meeting in Geneva have affirmed Europe’s strong commitment to the 20-year action plan adopted in Cairo a decade ago.

GLOBAL ECONOMY SURGES IN 2004, BUT DANGEROUS IMBALANCES

7.2 MILLION PEOPLE STILL NEED FOOD AID IN ETHIOPIA, DESPITE GOOD HARVEST IN 2003

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 14 January (FAO/WFP) -- Despite a good harvest, 7.2 million people still require assistance to meet minimum food requirements in 2004, according to a joint report released today by two United Nations agencies.  Last year, 13.2 million Ethiopians needed food assistance.