Note to Correspondents

PREMIERE SCREENING OF ‘READING RAINBOW’ EPISODE TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS

IN OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY

CHEMICAL HAZARDS, ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED

BY PARTNERSNIP INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED AT JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

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TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS, ADEQUATE FINANCING NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT TOLD

Summit Plenary Hears from Wide Range of Agencies, Organizations

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CHILDREN, AGRICULTURE, BUILDING CAPACITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED AT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

32 Agencies, Organizations Speak in Plenary Session

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Meeting of States Parties Convention

on Elimination of Discrimination against Women

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

STATES PARTIES TO WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

ELECT 12 EXPERTS TO MONITORING COMMITTEE

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CITY DWELLERS REPRESENT THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

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PRESS STATEMENT ON BOUGAINVILLE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Bougainville by Security Council President John Negroponte (United States):

Members of the Security Council:

Heard a briefing from John Renninger, the Director of the Asia Pacific Division of the Department of Political Affairs on Bougainville, Papua New Guinea;

FLOODS AFFECTED OVER 17 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE

(Reissued as received.)

PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED AT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SUMMIT IN JOHANNESBURG

Aim at Priority Issues -- Water, Energy,

Health, Agricultural Production, Biodiversity

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