SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES PRINCIPLES FOR UN EFFORTS IN PROMOTING DEMOCRACY

IN MESSAGE TO COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES SEMINAR

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by his Special Adviser on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari, to the Community of Democracies Seminar in Washington, D.C., on 21 February:

Security Council

4279^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS ON PEACE PROCESS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO;

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES RECENT PROGRESS, CALM ON CONFRONTATION LINE

Foreign Minister of Zimbabwe Cites ‘Renewed Hope’ for Peace,

Warns against ‘Minimalist Concept of Operations’ for Peacekeepers

ASIAN PREPARATORY MEETING FOR WORLD CONFERENCE ON RACISM

ADOPTS DECLARATION, ACTION PROGRAMME

GENEVA, 21 February (UN Information Service) -- The regional preparatory meeting for Asia of the World Conference against Racism wound up its deliberations in Tehran today by adopting a declaration and a programme of action to be submitted to the second Preparatory Committee, scheduled to take place in May in Geneva.

PALESTINIAN SEMINAR CONCLUDES IN VIENNA

Speakers Call for End to Israeli

Restrictive Measures, Donor Assistance to Palestinian Economy

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

EXPERT PANEL EXAMINES ROLES OF UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

IN ALLEVIATING HARDSHIPS IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Special Committee on

Decolonization

1^st Meeting (AM)

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

8^th Meeting (AM)

SITUATION OF FAMILIES DOMINATES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMISSION DISCUSSION OF SOCIAL GROUPS

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES VITAL ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND,

IN MESSAGE TO ROME MEETING OF GOVERNING COUNCIL

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-fourth session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), delivered on his behalf by the President of IFAD,

Fawzi Al-Sultan, in Rome on 20 February:

HUMAN TRAFFICKING ONE OF MOST EGREGIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO ABUJA CONFERENCE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Mbaya Kankqenda, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Coordinator, to the first Pan-African Conference on Human Trafficking in Abuja, Nigeria, on 19 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES WORRYING DECLINE IN ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening today of the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People in Vienna, delivered on the Secretary-General’s behalf by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast: