BONN CLIMATE TALKS TO FOCUS ON RULES FOR CUTTING GREENHOUSE

EMISSIONS, SUPPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS ROUND TABLE

ON INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES

GENEVA, 16 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this afternoon continued its high-level segment on the role of the United Nations system in supporting the efforts of African countries to achieve sustainable development and held a round table on infrastructure needs in African countries.

ECOSOC ROUND TABLE FOCUSES ON FINANCING OF INVESTMENT IN AFRICA

GENEVA, 16 July (UN Information Service) -- An Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) round-table discussion on the financing of investment in Africa this afternoon featured leading ministers, economists, international civil servants, business people and industry heads who talked about the best way to spur foreign investment, and what workers in Africa could do with the money.

ECOSOC HOSTS AFRICAN FORUM FOR INVESTMENT PROMOTION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 16 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this afternoon continued with its high-level segment on efforts to achieve sustainable development in Africa by holding a forum on investment promotion in the continent, featuring several high-ranking politicians and development chiefs.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fifth Session

524^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATION FROM GUINEA IS TOLD EDUCATION IS NEEDED TO ENSURE

APPLICATION OF REFORMS ENACTED TO IMPROVE SITUATION OF WOMEN

Conflict Situation, Influx of Refugees, Other Problems

Said to Pose Special Challenge to Full Compliance with Convention

AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:  UNLOCKING POTENTIAL

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 16 July (UNCTAD) -- Coping with competitive markets and market barriers while maximizing the opportunities of niche markets and organic agriculture will be discussed by experts meeting in Geneva from 16 to 18 July to help developing countries boost their agricultural exports.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Munich from Lusaka, Zambia, early in the morning of Wednesday, 11 July.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION, GENEVA, 16 JULY 2001

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY DEPLORES ABDUCTION OF FORMER COLOMBIAN OFFICIAL,

DEMANDS HIS IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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

IN GENEVA ADDRESS TO 2001 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION OF ECOSOC, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SEES POSSIBLE ‘TURNING POINT IN AFRICA’S HISTORY’

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the high-level segment of the 2001 substantive session of the Economic and Social Council in Geneva: