Press Release

INTER-COMMUNAL CLASHES IN COTE D’IVOIRE INCREASE

The Secretary-General this morning met with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer in Baden Baden.

FIGHTING POVERTY, STRENGTHENING SECURITY, REBUILDING TRUST SHOULD BE FOCUS

IN 2004, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING GERMAN MEDIA AWARD

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address on accepting the 2003 Deutscher Medienpreis (German Media Award) in Baden-Baden, Germany, 21 January:

HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION IN HAITI

(Reissued as received)

WORLD COURT AUTHORIZES ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE TO PARTICIPATE

IN PROCEEDINGS ON CONSTRUCTION OF WALL IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $185 MILLION

(Reissued as received.)

IN MONTREAL, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL INVITES STATES TO GIVE GREATER DYNAMISM

TO UN TO PROTECT WORLD’S PEOPLE FROM DANGER

Following is the text of the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the “Canadian Club” in Montreal on 19 January (translated, in part, from French):

UNRWA CONDEMNS A WEEK OF ISRAELI HOUSE DEMOLITIONS IN RAFAH

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

641^st & 642^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HEARS REPLIES

NEW GLOBAL AWARD SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURS IN ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT

LAUNCHED IN MUMBAI AND DAVOS

(Reissued as received)

MUMBAI/DAVOS, 21 January (UNEP) -- In India, a network of women slum dwellers is collaborating with United Kingdom engineers and a French water company to improve water delivery in their communities.