PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security CouncilPresident Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING GAINS AWARENESS-RAISING TOOL

IN GLOBAL TELEVISION CAMPAIGN

VIENNA, 19 February (UN Information Service) -- A new video spot is being released today as a part of a global television campaign by the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) to increase education and awareness about trafficking in human beings.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

60^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE CONSIDERS DRAFT PROPOSALS ON ELIMINATION

OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) met this afternoon to hear the introduction of draft proposals relating to the elimination of racism and racial discrimination.

Commission for Social Development

Fortieth Session

9^th Meeting (AM)

NEED TO FOSTER POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS ELDERLY, DISABLED PERSONS STRESSED,

AS COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES DEBATE

Resumed Fifty-sixth General Assembly                                                            GA/10009*

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY UNEP

CARTAGENA, Colombia, 15 February (UNEP) -- A decision to assess the environmental situation in the occupied Palestinian territories has been taken at a meeting of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), meeting this week in special session in the Colombian city of Cartagena.

Preparatory Committee for the                               DEV/2373*

 International Conference                                   15 February 2002

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES INTERNATIONAL PEACE ACADEMY SEMINAR

ON ‘THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT’

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Peace Academy seminar in New York City on “The Responsibility to Protect”:

Commission for Social Development

Fortieth Session

7^th and 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO DISABILITY ISSUES, SECOND AGEING ASSEMBLY

DISCUSSED IN COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

'EDUCATION FOR ALL' BEST INVESTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT,

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD

At a round-table discussion held today, as part of preparations for this year’s high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council’s substantive session, it was agreed that education for all was the best investment a country could make for its development.