Note No. 5788/Rev.1*

Note to Correspondents

‘GREAT MASTERS OF MEXICAN FOLK ART’ EXHIBIT TO OPEN AT UN HEADQUARTERS ON 10 APRIL

Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico Luis Ernesto Derbez will open “Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art” Thursday, 10 April, at 6 p.m. in the United Nations Visitors’ Lobby.

Note to Correspondents

SPECIAL ADVISER ON MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, JEFFREY SACHS, TO DELIVER RAFAEL SALAS MEMORIAL LECTURE AT HEADQUARTERS 4 APRIL

Jeffrey Sachs, the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals, will deliver the eighth Rafael Salas Memorial Lecture, on population and development, at 4:30 p.m. Friday, 4 April, in the Trusteeship Council Chamber.  Media representatives are invited to attend.

Note to Correspondents

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER AMARTYA SEN, DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR PAUL DEMENY TO PRESENT

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES ON POPULATION, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Media Invited to Attend Addresses

Scheduled for 1, 2 April, Press Briefing on 3 April

Note to Correspondents

Note to Correspondents

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL MEETS 24 MARCH ON MEANS TO ATTACK RURAL POVERTY

The 2003 focus of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on rural development as a key in the fight against poverty kicks off today at an open session attended by international experts.

Note to Correspondents

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED STAFF MEMBERS

TO BE OBSERVED ON 25 MARCH

To draw attention on the staff members who have been arrested, detained, abducted or "disappeared" while in the service of the United Nations, the eighteenth annual International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members will be observed on Tuesday, 25 March.

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BUSINESS TO BRIEF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ON BOLSTERING CROSS-BORDER

INVESTMENT, SETTLING NATIONAL DEBT CRISES, 21 MARCH

                                                            Note No. 5780

Note to Correspondents

NGO, BUSINESS LEADERS TO QUERY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL MEMBERS

ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING –- 20, 21 MARCH

Input Goes to April Encounter of UN with World Bank, IMF and WTO