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

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.

                                                                  Note No. 5722

Note No. 5721

21 March 2002

Note to Correspondents

PANEL DISCUSSION ON FIELD SECURITY TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY

WITH DETAINED STAFF MEMBERS, 25 MARCH

The International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members will be observed on Monday, 25 March, with a panel discussion from 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Conference Room 3 at United Nations Headquarters.

Human Rights Committee

Seventy-fourth Session

1991^st Meeting (AM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP PROCEDURES

FOR CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON COUNTRY REPORTS

MULTIDIMENSIONAL NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT CALLS FOR COHERENCE,

SPEAKERS STRESS DURING ROUND TABLE AT MONTERREY CONFERENCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

MONTERREY, 20 March -- The multidimensional nature of development was underscored this afternoon during Ministerial Round Table B3, held in conjunction with the International Conference on Financing for Development. 

FINANCING CONFERENCE ROUND TABLE FOCUSES ON TRADE, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

MONTERREY, 20 March -- Coherence in trade and development policies was the focus of Ministerial Round Table B4 held this afternoon on the theme of coherence in development, co-chaired by Owen A. Arthur, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of Barbados, and Jean Lemierre, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

PRESS STATEMENT ON SIERRA LEONE BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Sierra Leone by the President of the Security Council, Ole Peter Kolby (Norway):

The Secretary-General arrived in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the afternoon of Monday, 18 March.

The Secretary-General flew to San Jose, Costa Rica, in the evening of Friday, 15 March.