Ad Hoc Committee on International Convention

against Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings

3^rd Meeting (AM)

IN OPENING DEBATE ON HUMAN CLONING BAN, SOME SPEAKERS URGE OUTRIGHT PROHIBITION,

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

61^st  & 62^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES FOUR DRAFT TEXTS ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION,

AS IT CONCLUDES WORK FOR 56^TH SESSION

Draft Supporting Establishment of Anti-Discrimination Unit,

Appointment of Experts by Secretary-General Approved by Vote of 137-2-2

CAUTION: ADVANCE RELEASE

Not for use before

27 February 2002

NEW CHALLENGES IN DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM GLOBALIZATION

AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES

VIENNA, 27 February (UN Information Service) -- Governments must take action to limit the dangers that globalization and new technologies pose in fighting drugs, urges the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) in its Annual Report published today.

Preparatory Committee for

Second World Assembly on Ageing

1^st Meeting (AM)                                

SECOND WORLD ASSEMBLY EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE NEW IDEAS TO CONFRONT PROBLEMS

OF POPULATION AGEING, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOLD

Commission for Social Development

Fortieth Session

11^th Meeting (PM)

FOLLOWING NIGHT-LONG CONSULTATIONS, COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

FAILS TO REACH AGREEMENT ON INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC POLICIES

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ANGOLAN PARTIES TO USE 'NEW AND CHANGED

CIRCUMSTANCES' TO ADVANCE CAUSE OF PEACE

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

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT MUST MARK BREAK WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN LECTURE AT LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s 25 February lecture to the London School of Economics and Political Science entitled “From Doha to Johannesburg by Way of Monterrey:  How to Achieve, and Sustain, Development in the Twenty-first Century”:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT IN SRI LANKA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the ceasefire agreement signed last Friday between the Government of Sri Lanka and the “Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam” (LTTE).  He congratulates the parties and the Norwegian Facilitation for this important step.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS CRITICAL TEST FOR DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA

The following statement was issued on Thursday, 21 February, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED AT REPORTS CONCERNING

MADAGASCAR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

The following statement was issued on 21 February by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following very closely the situation in Madagascar since the first round of presidential elections of 16 December 2001, the results of which called for a second round.