UN POPULATION FUND NAMES MISS UNIVERSE 2000, LARA DUTTA, GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM MYANMAR, NEW ZEALAND,

MALAYSIA, SWEDEN, CHINA, UNITED STATES AND GERMANY

(Reissued as received.)

MILLENNIUM SUMMIT TARGETS CANNOT BE MET WITHOUT RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PANEL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at the first meeting of the High-level Panel on Financing for Development in New York today:

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

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PRICES FOR FARM PRODUCTS, DEBT RELIEF, EXPANDED SOCIAL SECURITY COVERAGE

AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Discussion Continues on Priority Theme:

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

91^st Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE TO BOLIVIA IN AFTERMATH OF FLOODING, DECIDES

ON NGO PARTICIPATION ARRANGEMENTS AT UPCOMING SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GREAT REGRET AT DEATH OF WILLIAM EPSTEIN,

LEADING ADVOCATE FOR ‘NOBLE CAUSE’ OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Jayantha Dhanapala, at a memorial service for William Epstein in New York on

14 February:

Commission for Social Development

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3^rd Meeting (AM)

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION RESTS WITH GOVERNMENTS,

S0CIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY SECOND EL SALVADOR EARTHQUAKE,

ASSURES GOVERNMENT OF UN COMMITMENT TO RELIEF EFFORT

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

The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the second earthquake to strike El Salvador in a month's time.  He extends his condolences to the Government and to the families of the victims.

Security Council

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UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON KOSOVO;

DESCRIBES PROGRESS TOWARDS PROVINCE-WIDE ELECTIONS

Council Members Stress Concerns on Recent Violence in Mitrovica,

Preparatory Committee for the

High-level International

 Intergovernmental Event on

 Financing for Development

4^th Meeting (PM)