Press Release

UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT ANNOUNCES MILESTONE:

1,000 BUSINESSES NOW PARTICIPATING

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS MINISTERIAL DECLARATION

ON PROMOTING RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

Concludes High-Level Segment on Promoting

Integrated Approach to Rural Development in Developing Countries

(Reissued as received.)

AID AGENCIES RESUME ACTIVITIES IN LIBERIA DURING LULL IN FIGHTING

PRESS STATEMENT ON TRANSITION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Inocencio F. Arias (Spain):

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADOPTS LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE FINANCIAL ASSETS SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ

The Chairman of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait wishes to inform as follows:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS CLOSE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

612^th & 613^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE COMMENDS COSTA RICA’S EFFORTS FOR WOMEN’S

ADVANCEMENT, CONCERNED OVER CULTURAL STEREOTYPES, VIOLENCE

GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO ADDRESS

ECOSOC'S HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Speakers Note National Constraints,

Challenges, Expectations of International Community

(Reissued as received.)

‘EACH CONTRIBUTION, HOWEVER SMALL, CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE’, SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the Olé Prize of the Children’s Parliament of the City of Bern, Switzerland, today:

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

610^th & 611^th Meetings (AM & PM)