SG/SM/8506

2003 UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals

AM Meeting

HELP BUILD BRIDGE FROM DISASTER TO DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

URGED AT LAUNCH OF CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEALS FOR 2003

Relief Aid Can Be Difference between Life and Death,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

TO GUARANTEE A BETTER FUTURE FOR CHILDREN

Following is the message by Jan Kavan, President of the fifty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, to mark Universal Children’s Day, 20 November 2002:

MARKING AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

STRESSES ROLE OF NEW INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

The following is the text of a message by Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly, on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day:  New Information and Communication Technologies, tomorrow, 20 November 2002:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

53^rd and 54^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 15 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,

INCLUDING NEW TEXT ON RIGHT TO PEACE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

52^nd Meeting (AM)

ENDORSING UNCITRAL REPORT, GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENDS CONCILIATION IN TRADE

RELATIONS, STRONGER ENFORCEMENT OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS

Also, Decisions on Cloning, World Criminal Court:  Texts among 21 Adopted

From Legal Committee; Plans Confirmed to Mark Law of Sea Convention Anniversary

LAUNCHING CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEALS 2003, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

RELIEF CAN MAKE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE, DEATH

                The following statement was issued today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the launch of the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for 2003, Bern, Switzerland, 19 November:

AFRICA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH INSUFFICIENT TO MEET POVERTY

REDUCTION GOALS, BRUSSELS MEETING CONCLUDES

(Reissued as received.)

BRUSSELS, 19 November (ECA) -- Africa will not reach the 7 per cent growth

rate necessary to meet the Millennium Development Goal of reducing poverty

by half by 2015, so alternative options have to be found to tackle poverty.

This is one of the key conclusions of the second meeting of the African

ONLINE PUBLISHING COULD REVOLUTIONIZE INFORMATION PRODUCTION,

DISTRIBUTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

GOOD PROSPECTS FOR IT INDUSTRY IN 2003, PREDICTS UNCTAD

Developing World Looks to E-business for Growth

(Reissued as received.)