Note to Correspondents

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO HOLD HIGH-LEVEL MEETING TO REVIEW

ANTI-POVERTY EFFORTS ON 17 FEBRUARY

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) initiates a 2004 review of efforts to mobilize domestic and international resources to stem the tide of poverty and instability in the least developed countries (LDCs), at a high-level meeting on Tuesday, 17 February, in New York.

Note to Correspondents

CONFERENCE AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS ON 11 FEBRUARY TO EXAMINE

HOW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAN IMPROVE LIVES OF OLDER PEOPLE

A conference on “Caring Communities for the 21st Century:  Imagining the Possible -- Age of Connectivity:  Harnessing the Generations” will take place on Wednesday, 11 February at United Nations Headquarters (Conference Room 2) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Note to Correspondents

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO HOLD PANEL ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

The Commission for Social development will hold a panel discussion on the issue of international migration from a social perspective on Tuesday, 10 February from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Conference Room 4 at Headquarters.

Note to Correspondents

‘CULTURE OF PEACE’ EXHIBIT, HIGHLIGHTING CONTRIBUTIONS OF BOTH ORDINARY

AND RENOWNED PEACE-BUILDERS, TO OPEN ON 4 FEBRUARY

Note to Correspondents

CONFERENCE ON LIBERIA’S RECONSTRUCTION TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 5 - 6 FEBRUARY;

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, SECRETARY POWELL, LIBERIA’S BRYANT AMONG PARTICIPANTS

Note to Correspondents

JAMES JONAH TO SPEAK ON ‘RALPH BUNCHE AND THE INTEGRITY

OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE’, 5 FEBRUARY

                                                            Note No. 5845

Note to Correspondents

STUDY URGING STRONG SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY CAPACITY FOR ALL NATIONS TO BE PRESENTED

TO SECRETARY-GENERAL AT UN EVENT ON 5 FEBRUARY

Note to Correspondents

NEW YORK FESTIVALS/UNDPI PUBLIC SERVICE ADVERTISING AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED

AT THE INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION ADVERTISING AWARDS SHOW

Public-Service Advertisements on Tobacco,

Environmental Protection, Peace, and Mental Illness Awareness to Receive Awards

Note to Correspondents
ANTI-SEMITISM, ISLAMAPHOBIA, RACISM IS FOCUS OF DPI/NGO BRIEFING, 22 JANUARY

“Anti-Semitism, Islamaphobia and Racism:  New Perspectives on Old Menaces”will be the focus of a DPI/NGO Briefing to be held on Thursday, 22 January, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in Conference Room 1 of the United Nations Secretariat Building.