UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME-SUPPORTED FILM ‘OCEAN WONDERLAND 3D’ OPENS, AIMS

TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THREATS TO WORLD’S CORAL REEFS

(Reissued as received.)

BOSTON, 11 February (UNEP) -- The Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Klaus Toepfer, is participating in the global launch here in Boston today of an outstanding new underwater 3D film about the world's coral reefs.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ADMINISTERING POWERS, SPECIAL COMMITTEE

TO REINVIGORATE DECOLONIZATION PROCESS

Following is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening meeting of the Special Committee on decolonization:

I am pleased to be with you as you open your 2003 session.  An important agenda remains before this Committee.

Commission for Social Development

Forty-first Session

4^th Meeting (AM)                               

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY ARREST OF OPPOSITION PARTY MEMBERS IN MYANMAR;

URGES AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS AND ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Meeting of States Parties

Convention on Rights of Child

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS HAS DUTY TO EXHAUST ALL POSSIBILITIES

OF PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT BEFORE RESORTING TO USE OF FORCE

Following is the text of the address delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 8 February at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia:

UN HUMANITARIAN ENVOY CONCLUDES FIVE-COUNTRY WEST AFRICA TRIP

TO ASSESS IMPACT OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE CRISIS

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK IN COLOMBIA

The following statement was issued on 8 February by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UNRWA:  AID FOR PALESTINIANS SUFFERS DUE TO FOCUS ON IRAQ

Emergency Food Programme to End in March

Commission for Social Development

Forty-first Session

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM & PM)                              

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION’S PROFOUND

ROLE IN SHAPING DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENDA, AS 41^ST SESSION OPENS