EXPERT PANEL EXAMINES ROLES OF UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

IN ALLEVIATING HARDSHIPS IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES PRINCIPLES FOR UN EFFORTS IN PROMOTING DEMOCRACY

IN MESSAGE TO COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES SEMINAR

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by his Special Adviser on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari, to the Community of Democracies Seminar in Washington, D.C., on 21 February:

ASIAN PREPARATORY MEETING FOR WORLD CONFERENCE ON RACISM

ADOPTS DECLARATION, ACTION PROGRAMME

GENEVA, 21 February (UN Information Service) -- The regional preparatory meeting for Asia of the World Conference against Racism wound up its deliberations in Tehran today by adopting a declaration and a programme of action to be submitted to the second Preparatory Committee, scheduled to take place in May in Geneva.

Special Committee on

Decolonization

1^st Meeting (AM)

PALESTINIAN SEMINAR CONCLUDES IN VIENNA

Speakers Call for End to Israeli

Restrictive Measures, Donor Assistance to Palestinian Economy

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS CONCLUDES EIGHTEENTH SESSION

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

8^th Meeting (AM)

SITUATION OF FAMILIES DOMINATES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMISSION DISCUSSION OF SOCIAL GROUPS

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES VITAL ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FUND,

IN MESSAGE TO ROME MEETING OF GOVERNING COUNCIL

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-fourth session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), delivered on his behalf by the President of IFAD,

Fawzi Al-Sultan, in Rome on 20 February:

Security Council

4278^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ADDRESSES COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO PEACE-BUILDING

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

Statement Deals with, among Others, Integrated Strategy,

Interrelationship among Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, Peace-building

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES WORRYING DECLINE IN ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening today of the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People in Vienna, delivered on the Secretary-General’s behalf by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast: