Security Council

4467^th Meeting (AM)

PRESIDENT OF BURUNDI ASKS FOR CONTINUED SECURITY COUNCIL ASSISTANCE

TO END VIOLENCE, KEEP PEACE PROCESS ON TRACK

While Political Climate Has Improved,

NINE CITIES JOIN FOR FIRST NATIONAL CAR FREE DAY,

WITH UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT

Over 14 million Colombians in nine cities will get where they are going without their automobiles on Thursday, 7 February, as Colombia holds its first national Car Free Day, with logistical support from the United Nations.

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON non-governmental organizationS TO WORK

WITH GOVERNMENTS AND BUSINESS TO TACKLE POVERTY

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO WORLD SOCIAL FORUM, SAYS URGENT CHALLENGES

MUST BE ADDRESSED BY PARTNERSHIPS AMONG GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, CIVIL SOCIETY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Social Forum, delivered on his behalf by José Antonio Ocampo, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on 4 February:

MONTERREY, JOHANNESBURG CONFERENCES CAN LEAD TO BETTER ECONOMIC FUTURE

FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony marking the turnover of the coordinatorship of the group of least developed countries delivered today in New York by Gillian Sorensen, Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations:

LEADER OF 2002 JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT CHALLENGES BUSINESS

TO BECOME FULL PARTNER IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

World Summit Secretary-General Nitin Desai Calls

On Governments and Advocates to Forge Partnerships with Corporate Sector

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES BUSINESS LEADERS, AT ‘TURNING-POINT IN HISTORY’

TO BE ‘PART OF THE SOLUTION’ IN WAR AGAINST WORLD POVERTY

Following is the text of today’s address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the closing session of the World Economic Forum in New York City:

It’s good to be back in New York, and to find all of you here.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as the Preparatory Committee for

 World Summit on Sustainable Development

11^th Meeting (PM)

PROPOSALS FOR ACTION, KEY ISSUES DISCUSSED IN PREPARATORY COMMITTEE

FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as the Preparatory Committee for

 World Summit on Sustainable Development

10^th Meeting (AM)

JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT, TO BE RELEVANT, MUST ADDRESS ISSUES NOT ON 1992 RIO AGENDA

-- SUCH AS GLOBALIZATION, GENETICS -– SUMMIT’S PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOLD

UNITED NATIONS EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR LAUNCHES REPORT

ON ACTIVITIES, FUNDING NEEDS

Office Requesting $61.1 Million in Extrabudgetary Funding