SG/SM/7702

Security Council

4272^nd Meeting (AM & PM))

PEACE-BUILDING CAN BE POWERFUL DETERRENT TO CONFLICT, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Peace-building done well was a powerful deterrent to violent conflict, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today, as the Security Council began a day-long debate on comprehensive approaches to the question.

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO CONVENE FOURTH HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON COOPERATION

BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Improving cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations on peace-building will be on top of the agenda when United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan convenes the Fourth High-Level Meeting between the United Nations and Regional Organizations at United Nations Headquarters on 6 and

7 February 2001.

IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO COST THE WORLD OVER $300 BILLION A YEAR

NAIROBI, 3 February (UNEP) -- Global warming may cost the world several billion dollars a year unless urgent efforts are made to curb emissions of carbon dioxide and the other gases linked with the "greenhouse effect".

Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee

For Third United Nations Conference

 Of Least Developed Countries

2^nd Meeting (PM)

‘DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES INVOLVEMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY, PRIVATE SECTOR, MEDIA,’

LDC CONFERENCE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOLD

Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee

For Third United Nations Conference

 On Least Developed Countries

1^st Meeting (AM)

MARKET ACCESS, ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND DEBT CANCELLATION AMONG ISSUES

HIGHLIGHTED AT OPENING OF LDC PREPARATORY MEETING

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fourth Session

508^th Meeting (PM)

MONITORING BODY FOR WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK HEADQUARTERS SESSION

Considers Reports of Burundi, Egypt, Finland,

Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Mongolia, Uzbekistan

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PUBLIC ATTENTION ON IMPORTANCE

OF DISARMAMENT ISSUES MUST BE ROUSED

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters:

MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY ‘MUST BE SEIZED’ BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council's meeting on the Democratic Republic of Congo on 2 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER DETERIORATING

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN

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