INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT ADOPTS

‘MONTERREY CONSENSUS’ BY ACCLAMATION

Goal:  To Eradicate Poverty,

Achieve Economic Growth, Promote Sustainable Development

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CALLS HEARD FOR INCREASED AID TO REDUCE POVERTY AT MONTERREY CONFERENCE

ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING

Statements Made by 12 Presidents, Prime Ministers

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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

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'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:

‘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:

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.

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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