SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES INTEGRATED APPROACH TO SLOWING POPULATION GROWTH

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Population Day, 11 July:

The theme of this year's World Population Day, "Population, Development and the Environment", highlights the fragile relationship between our species and our planet.

SECRETARY-GENERAL RECALLS DAG HAMMMARSKJÖLD ON FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH

Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by K.Y. Amaoko, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa, at the launch of the Dag Hammarskjöld Living Library in Ndola, 7 July:

ECOSOC HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH UNITED NATIONS COUNTRY TEAM FROM CHINA

GENEVA, 9 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this afternoon held a dialogue with a Chinese government official and the United Nations system "country team" from China, detailing, among other things, efforts of specialized agencies in promoting sustainable development and eradicating economic disparities in that country.

DEVELOPMENT SITUATION IN TANZANIA IS REVIEWED BY UNITED NATIONS

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS 'POLICY EXCHANGE'

WITH HEADS OF UNDP, WFP, UNICEF, AND UNFPA

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘STRONGEST POSSIBLE’ ACTION PROGRAMME

FROM SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE

Following is the text of an address as delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects at United Nations Headquarters in New York today:

United Nations Conference on the

Illicit Trade in Small Arms

2^nd Meeting (PM)

CLOSER REGIONAL COOPERATION, POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRESSED

AS POSITIVE FACTORS IN CURBING SMALL ARMS PROLIFERATION

United Nations Conference on the

Illicit Trade in Small Arms

1^st Meeting (AM)

SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE URGED TO FORGE COMPREHENSIVE ACTION PLAN

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fifth Session

512^th and 513^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NETHERLANDS CLAIMS PROGRESS IN IMPROVING SITUATION OF WOMEN,

CONCEDING FURTHER POSITIVE CHANGES NEEDED

Secretary-General Kofi Annan, accompanied by his wife Nane, travelled to Philadelphia by train in the afternoon of Tuesday, 3 July.