Security Council

4308^th Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES STEPS BY LEADING DRUG COMPANIES TO IMPROVE

AIDS TREATMENT ACCESS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Following is the text of a statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Amsterdam, after meeting the leaders of six leading research-based pharmaceutical companies:

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO LEAD FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4308^th Meeting (AM)

                                                      POP/797

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fourth Session

5^th Meeting (PM)

POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BRIEFED ON SECRETARIAT’S WORK

IN POPULATION FIELD, UPCOMING UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCES

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fourth Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT EXAMINES LINKS

BETWEEN ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND POPULATION ISSUES

The links between population, environment and development were examined this afternoon during a panel discussion held by the Commission on Population and Development, as it continued its thirty-fourth session. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES CONTINUATION OF TROOP WITHDRAWAL

FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

The Secretary-General left Amman, Jordan early in the morning of Wednesday, 28 March, for an official visit to Switzerland, where he was joined by his wife, Nane.

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fourth Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONSIDERS ‘NATIONAL EXPERIENCES';

EXCESSIVE POPULATION GROWTH, ECOLOGICAL BALANCE AMONG ISSUES RAISED