INCREASED EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES DESCRIBED

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York on Sunday, 16 February, for Brussels, where he arrived, via Paris, the following morning.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS BEHROOZ SADRY OF IRAN DEPUTY SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Security Council

4709^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS 27 SPEAKERS IN DEBATE ON IRAQ’S DISARMAMENT;

MAJORITY SUPPORT STRENGTHENED INSPECTIONS, OPPOSE USE OF FORCE

SECOND PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY WORLD SUMMIT OPENS IN GENEVA

(Reissued as received.)

Commission for Social Development

Forty-first Session

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

CITING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL VALUE OF OLDER PERSONS, SPEAKERS IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMISSION STRESS NEED TO INCLUDE AGEING ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

UNITED NATIONS IS VALUABLE ALLY, INSTRUMENT IN STRUGGLE FOR PEACE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PEACE PRIZE FESTIVAL AND FORUM

QUARTET ‘ROAD MAP’ AIMS AT ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN STATES IN MIDEAST,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening meeting of the 2003 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, delivered by his Chef de Cabinet,

S. Iqbal Riza:

LITERACY IS KEY TO A FUTURE OF FREEDOM AND HOPE FOR MANKIND

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LAUNCH OF UN LITERACY DECADE

      Following is the text of the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a ceremony held on Thursday evening, 13 February, at the New York Public Library, to mark the launch of the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012):

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT BY PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

PRESIDENT ARAFAT TO APPOINT PRIME MINISTER

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