| Press Release HR/CT/618 |
Human Rights Committee
Seventy-fourth Session
1993rd & 1994th Meetings (AM & PM)
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKES UP HUNGARY'S FOURTH PERIODIC REPORT;
EXPERTS PRAISE REFORMS, EXPRESS CONCERN OVER MINORITIES
| Press Release ENV/DEV/629 |
Background release
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT TO HOLD
THIRD SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 25 MARCH - 5 APRIL
| Press Release DEV/2388 |
PRESIDENTS BUSH, CHIRAC ANNOUNCE RECENT INCREASES IN AID
AT CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT
| Press Release DEV/2387 |
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT ADOPTS
‘MONTERREY CONSENSUS’ BY ACCLAMATION
Goal: To Eradicate Poverty,
Achieve Economic Growth, Promote Sustainable Development
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
| Press Release DEV/2386 |
CALLS HEARD FOR INCREASED AID TO REDUCE POVERTY AT MONTERREY CONFERENCE
ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING
Statements Made by 12 Presidents, Prime Ministers
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
| Press Release DEV/2385 |
MONTERREY CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT HEARS STATEMENTS
BY 28 PRESIDENTS, PRIME MINISTERS
President Fox of Mexico Opens Summit Segment;
Secretary-General, Financial Heads Also Address Meeting
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
| Press Release SG/SM/8171 |
'ARGUMENT IN FAVOUR OF AID HAS NOW BEEN WON', SAYS SECRETARY GENERAL
IN ADDRESS TO MEXICAN CONGRESS
Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Mexican Congress, delivered in Mexico City on 19 March:
| Press Release SG/SM/8170/Rev.1 DEV/2384/Rev.1 |
‘AID DOES WORK’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT
Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, 21 March:
| Press Release POP/816 |
EXPERTS CONCUR: FERTILITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
MAY FALL BELOW TWO-CHILD FAMILY NORM
UN to Incorporate Below-Replacement Fertility for Developing
Countries in 2002 Revision of Official UN Population Estimates, Projections
| Press Release POP/815 |
FUTURE WORLD POPULATION GROWTH TO BE CONCENTRATED IN URBAN AREAS OF WORLD
According to New Report Issued by United Nations Population Division
New York, 21 March (DESA) -- Virtually all the population growth expected at the world level during the next 30 years will be concentrated in urban areas. Also, for the first time in the world’s history, the number of urban dwellers will equal the number of rural dwellers in 2007.
