Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee

For Third United Nations Conference

 On Least Developed Countries

3^rd Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON AFGHANISTAN AMENDS LIST

In accordance with paragraph 4(b) of Security Council resolution 1267 (1999) regarding designated funds and financial resources of the Taliban or entities and/or persons that have so far been identified by the Committee based on information provided by Member States, the Committee today deleted the following names from the list published on 25 January 2001 (AFG/124; SC/6998):

UN UNIVERSITY TO HOST SEMINAR ON MANAGEMENT OF PEACE PROCESS ON 13 FEBRUARY

The United Nations University will host a seminar on "Coming out of Violence -- The Management of Peace Processes".  The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,

13 February from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will take place in Conference Room "E" in the Secretariat Building.

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

NEED FOR COOPERATION IS GREATER THAN EVER

Following is the text of a statement made today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fourth high-level meeting of the United Nations and regional organizations:

I am delighted to welcome you to New York for this fourth high-level meeting between the United Nations and so many of the world's leading regional organizations.

IDEA OF ‘DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS’ ROOTED IN FUNDAMENTAL UN VALUES,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SETON HALL UNIVERSITY ADDRESS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations in South Orange, New Jersey, on 5 February:

FRENCH ACTRESS ELSA ZYLBERSTEIN NAMED UNFPA GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

NEW YORK, 6 February (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today appointed French actress Elsa Zylberstein as its Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face campaign spokesperson for France.  She was formally introduced in that capacity in the French Senate in Paris.

PREPARATORY PROCESS FOR MAY LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES CONFERENCE MUST

ENGENDER SENSE OF HOPE, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly,

Harri Holkeri (Finland) to the second meeting of the Preparatory Committee

on the Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries on 5 February:

LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TERMED “TEST CASE” IN POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS

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5 February 2001

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS THAT GREATER EFFORT NEEDED, IF MILLENNIUM

POVERTY-REDUCTION TARGET TO BE REACHED

Following is the text of remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the launch of the Rural Poverty Report 2001 produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):

POVERTY, ALONG WITH FAILURES OF GOVERNANCE, NEGLIGENCE AND GREED,

MAIN CAUSES OF ECOLOGICAL CRISES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-first session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the second global ministerial environment forum, delivered today in Nairobi on his behalf by the Executive Director of UNEP Klaus Toepfer: