Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

612^th & 613^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE COMMENDS COSTA RICA’S EFFORTS FOR WOMEN’S

ADVANCEMENT, CONCERNED OVER CULTURAL STEREOTYPES, VIOLENCE

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS CLOSE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS

PRESS STATEMENT ON TRANSITION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Inocencio F. Arias (Spain):

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS MINISTERIAL DECLARATION

ON PROMOTING RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

Concludes High-Level Segment on Promoting

Integrated Approach to Rural Development in Developing Countries

(Reissued as received.)

GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO ADDRESS

ECOSOC'S HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Speakers Note National Constraints,

Challenges, Expectations of International Community

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT ANNOUNCES MILESTONE:

1,000 BUSINESSES NOW PARTICIPATING

AID AGENCIES RESUME ACTIVITIES IN LIBERIA DURING LULL IN FIGHTING

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

610^th & 611^th Meetings (AM & PM)      

‘EACH CONTRIBUTION, HOWEVER SMALL, CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE’, SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the Olé Prize of the Children’s Parliament of the City of Bern, Switzerland, today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT NAMING MINISTERS

OF NEW GOVERNMENT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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