Press Release

                                                            Note No. 5723

25 March 2002

Note to Correspondents

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as Preparatory Committee for

 World Summit on Sustainable Development

1^st Meeting (AM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR JOHANNESBURG WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

ADOPTS AGENDA, CONSIDERS ACCREDITATION OF NGOS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL BODIES

MONTERREY CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING CONCLUDES; PARTICIPANTS RESOLVE

TO ERADICATE POVERTY, ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH

During Conference, Statements Made by 51 Presidents, Prime Ministers

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES SIXTIETH SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

                                                            IAEA/1351

Human Rights Committee

Seventy-fourth Session

1993^rd & 1994^th Meetings (AM & PM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKES UP HUNGARY'S FOURTH PERIODIC REPORT;

EXPERTS PRAISE REFORMS, EXPRESS CONCERN OVER MINORITIES

Background release

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT TO HOLD

THIRD SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 25 MARCH - 5 APRIL

PRESIDENTS BUSH, CHIRAC ANNOUNCE RECENT INCREASES IN AID

AT CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

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.)

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.)