‘BEST HOPE’ FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WOULD BE NEW ROUND OF GLOBAL TRADE

NEGOTIATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SPECIAL EVENT ON POVERTY ERADICATION

Following is the opening statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Special Event on the Challenge of Eradicating Poverty for Sustainable Development at the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, delivered in Brussels this morning.

IN ADDRESS TO THIRD UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SEES ‘LAST CHANCE OF BETTER LIFE’ FOR 600 MILLION PEOPLE

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the inaugural ceremony of the third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, delivered this morning in Brussels:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES TO CHEMICAL

WEAPONS CONVENTION, URGES SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF TREATY PROVISIONS

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the sixth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, delivered today at the Hague by Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva:

Meeting of States Parties

To Law of Sea Convention

54^th Meeting (PM)

STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION INFORMALLY APPROVE

TRIBUNAL BUDGET FOR YEAR 2002

States parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea approved the 2002 budget of the International Tribunal during informal consultations, Cristian Maquieira (Chile), President of the Eleventh Meeting of States parties announced this afternoon.

Meeting of States Parties                                         SEA/1701/Rev.1*

Security Council

4319^th Meeting (AM)

INTEGRATED, REGIONAL APPROACH NEEDED TO COUNTER INSTABILITY, INSECURITY

IN SIERRA LEONE, LIBERIA AND GUINEA, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

12^th Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE, CONTINUING EXAMINATION OF QUADRENNIAL REPORTS,

DEFERS CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS FROM FOUR BODIES

This afternoon, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) deferred consideration of quadrennial reports submitted by four organizations having general or special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

11^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON NGOS TAKES NOTE OF QUADRENNIAL REPORTS BY BODIES

WITH GENERAL, SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECOSOC

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) this morning took note of 68 quadrennial reports submitted by organizations having general or special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.  It deferred

WITH ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENT, MILLENNIUM POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETS CAN BE MET,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES CONFERENCE

Following is the text of a statement titled "How can we reach the 2015 International Development Goals?" made today by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri (Finland) at the Special Event at the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries:

                                                             GA/SM/245