UNITED NATIONS EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR LAUNCHES REPORT

ON ACTIVITIES, FUNDING NEEDS

Office Requesting $61.1 Million in Extrabudgetary Funding

NINE CITIES JOIN FOR FIRST NATIONAL CAR FREE DAY,

WITH UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT

Over 14 million Colombians in nine cities will get where they are going without their automobiles on Thursday, 7 February, as Colombia holds its first national Car Free Day, with logistical support from the United Nations.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as the Preparatory Committee for

 World Summit on Sustainable Development

11^th Meeting (PM)

PROPOSALS FOR ACTION, KEY ISSUES DISCUSSED IN PREPARATORY COMMITTEE

FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as the Preparatory Committee for

 World Summit on Sustainable Development

10^th Meeting (AM)

JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT, TO BE RELEVANT, MUST ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON 1992 RIO AGENDA

-- SUCH AS GLOBALIZATION, GENETICS -– SUMMIT’S PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOLD

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as the Preparatory Committee for

 World Summit on Sustainable Development

7^th, 8^th, and 9^th Meetings (AM, PM & Night)

SPEAKERS HIGHLIGHT URGENT NEED TO BUILD ON 1992 RIO CONFERENCE COMMITMENTS,

AS PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON non-governmental organizationS TO WORK

WITH GOVERNMENTS AND BUSINESS TO TACKLE POVERTY

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

LEADER OF 2002 JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT CHALLENGES BUSINESS

TO BECOME FULL PARTNER IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

World Summit Secretary-General Nitin Desai Calls

On Governments and Advocates to Forge Partnerships with Corporate Sector

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

549^th Meeting (PM)

 and Round-up

COMMITTEE ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK SESSION;

CONSIDERED REPORTS BY EIGHT COUNTRIES

Recommendations Adopted Concerning Fiji, Iceland, Estonia,

ADDRESSING HAGUE INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS

HELP OF YOUTH IN IMPLEMENTING MILLENNIUM GOALS

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Hague International Model United Nations, delivered at The Hague today,

1 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF MARJORIE TIVEN AS NEW YORK CITY

COMMISSIONER FOR UNITED NATIONS, CONSULAR CORPS

The following statement was issued this afternoon by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: