Note to Correspondents

‘CZECH PRESS PHOTO –- FLOODS IN CENTRAL EUROPE’ EXHIBIT

TO OPEN AT HEADQUARTERS 24 APRIL

Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the fifty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, will open “Czech Press Photo -– Floods in Central Europe” on Thursday, 24 April, at 5:30 p.m. in the United Nations Visitors’ Lobby.  Guests are required to enter from the First Avenue and 46^th Street entrance.

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BRIEFING ON SARS BY WHO COMMUNICABLE DISEASES EXPERT DAVID HEYMANN,

SCHEDULED FOR 15 APRIL

World Health Organization (WHO) Communicable Diseases Executive Director David Heymann will deliver a briefing on the newly identified Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), at a 15 April meeting co-sponsored by the WHO and the United NationsEconomic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

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UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO MEET WITH BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS,

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ON MONDAY, 14 APRIL

Secretary-General Kofi Annan will deliver the opening statement to a key meeting on financing global development, hosted by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Monday, 14 April.

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‘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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.