IDEA OF ‘DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS’ ROOTED IN FUNDAMENTAL UN VALUES,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SETON HALL UNIVERSITY ADDRESS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations in South Orange, New Jersey, on 5 February:

FRENCH ACTRESS ELSA ZYLBERSTEIN NAMED UNFPA GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

NEW YORK, 6 February (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today appointed French actress Elsa Zylberstein as its Goodwill Ambassador and Face to Face campaign spokesperson for France.  She was formally introduced in that capacity in the French Senate in Paris.

LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TERMED “TEST CASE” IN POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

NEED FOR COOPERATION IS GREATER THAN EVER

Following is the text of a statement made today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fourth high-level meeting of the United Nations and regional organizations:

I am delighted to welcome you to New York for this fourth high-level meeting between the United Nations and so many of the world's leading regional organizations.

UN UNIVERSITY TO HOST SEMINAR ON MANAGEMENT OF PEACE PROCESS ON 13 FEBRUARY

The United Nations University will host a seminar on "Coming out of Violence -- The Management of Peace Processes".  The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,

13 February from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will take place in Conference Room "E" in the Secretariat Building.

PREPARATORY PROCESS FOR MAY LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES CONFERENCE MUST

ENGENDER SENSE OF HOPE, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly,

Harri Holkeri (Finland) to the second meeting of the Preparatory Committee

on the Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries on 5 February:

Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee

For Third United Nations Conference

 On Least Developed Countries

1^st Meeting (AM)

MARKET ACCESS, ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND DEBT CANCELLATION AMONG ISSUES

HIGHLIGHTED AT OPENING OF LDC PREPARATORY MEETING

POVERTY, ALONG WITH FAILURES OF GOVERNANCE, NEGLIGENCE AND GREED,

MAIN CAUSES OF ECOLOGICAL CRISES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-first session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the second global ministerial environment forum, delivered today in Nairobi on his behalf by the Executive Director of UNEP Klaus Toepfer:

Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee

For Third United Nations Conference

 Of Least Developed Countries

2^nd Meeting (PM)

‘DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES INVOLVEMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY, PRIVATE SECTOR, MEDIA,’

LDC CONFERENCE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOLD

SG/SM/7704

5 February 2001

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS THAT GREATER EFFORT NEEDED, IF MILLENNIUM

POVERTY-REDUCTION TARGET TO BE REACHED

Following is the text of remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the launch of the Rural Poverty Report 2001 produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD):