SG/SM/8508/Rev.1*

AFRICA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH INSUFFICIENT TO MEET POVERTY

REDUCTION GOALS, BRUSSELS MEETING CONCLUDES

(Reissued as received.)

BRUSSELS, 19 November (ECA) -- Africa will not reach the 7 per cent growth

rate necessary to meet the Millennium Development Goal of reducing poverty

by half by 2015, so alternative options have to be found to tackle poverty.

This is one of the key conclusions of the second meeting of the African

                                                                  SG/SM/8506

LAUNCHING CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEALS 2003, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

RELIEF CAN MAKE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE, DEATH

                The following statement was issued today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the launch of the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for 2003, Bern, Switzerland, 19 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL 'VERY CONCERNED' REGARDING URGENT NEED

TO GET NEGOTIATIONS ON CYPRUS UNDER WAY

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

Last 11 November, when the Secretary-General conveyed to the Cypriot leaders his proposal to bridge the gaps between them and break the deadlock in negotiations, he asked them to convey their reaction to Alvaro de Soto, his Special Adviser, within a week.

IN ‘IPU DAY’ MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES GROWING INTENSITY

OF INTERACTION BETWEEN UNION AND UNITED NATIONS

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the occasion of “IPU DAY”, delivered by Sir Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, today:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

53^rd and 54^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 15 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,

INCLUDING NEW TEXT ON RIGHT TO PEACE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

TO GUARANTEE A BETTER FUTURE FOR CHILDREN

Following is the message by Jan Kavan, President of the fifty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, to mark Universal Children’s Day, 20 November 2002:

MARKING AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

STRESSES ROLE OF NEW INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

The following is the text of a message by Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly, on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day:  New Information and Communication Technologies, tomorrow, 20 November 2002:

OPPORTUNITIES RISING FOR WOMEN IN E-COMMERCE, BUT GLASS

CEILING REMAINS TO BE BROKEN

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 18 November (UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)) --