COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Hears Address by President of Bundestag

Commission on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid

(Reissued as received.)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS UN MEETING OF FINANCE, TRADE INSTITUTIONS OFFERS HOPE FOR MORE PROFOUND PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), to the special high-level meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization in New York on Monday, 14 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO ‘DRAMATICALLY REDUCE’

AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES, AT HIGH-LEVEL ECOSOC MEETING

Economic and Social Council

Special High-Level Meeting

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

ECOSOC MEETS WITH BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

AIMS AT ‘POLICY COHERENCE’ IN IMPLEMENTING MONTERREY COMMITMENTS

Secretary-General Says UN Natural Home for Needed

‘WIRELESS FIDELITY’ TECHNOLOGY, INTERNET ACCESS FOR DEVELOPING WORLD TO BE DISCUSSED AT HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE 26 JUNE

NEW YORK, 14 April (ICT Task Force) -- The Wireless Internet Institute (W2i), under the auspices of the United Nations Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Task Force, will host a conference on 26 June at United Nations Headquarters on “The WiFi Opportunity for Developing Nations”.

FRAMEWORK FOR PEACE, SECURITY MUST HAVE CAPACITY TO RESPOND SWIFTLY, EFFECTIVELY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of opening remarks, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to today’s meeting of the Security Council on regional organizations and new challenges to international peace and security:

AMENDED AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN LIST ISSUED BY SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE

On 10 April 2003, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) approved several amendments to its list of individuals and entities belonging to or associated with the Taliban and the Al-Qaida organization (Al-Qaida section).

Security Council

4739^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS WITH REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CONSIDER WAYS

TO STRENGTHEN COLLECTIVE SECURITY

Secretary-General Suggests Need for Network

of Flexible, Responsive Regional and Global Mechanisms

DESPITE CRITICAL REGIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, ESCWA TO HOLD

TWENTY-SECOND MINISTERIAL SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents

UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO MEET WITH BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS,

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ON MONDAY, 14 APRIL

Secretary-General Kofi Annan will deliver the opening statement to a key meeting on financing global development, hosted by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Monday, 14 April.