Preparatory Committee for the 2001

Special Session of the General Assembly

 on the Children’s World Summit

3^rd Meeting (AM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN’S SPECIAL SESSION CONTINUES DISCUSSION;

Security Council

4267^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNIFIL MANDATE TO 31 JULY

Looking forward to the early fulfillment of the mandate of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the Security Council this morning decided to extend its presence for a further period of six months, until 31 July.

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fourth Session

507^th Meeting (PM)

UZBEKISTAN RESPONDS TO OVER 100 QUESTIONS AS WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ITS REPORT

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS GLOBAL PLAN ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCES

Report Proposes Reforms for Crisis Prevention, Global Tax Loopholes,

Market Access and National Financial and Legal Infrastructures

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fourth Session

506^th Meeting (AM)

WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, FAMILY VIOLENCE, DIVORCE AMONG ISSUES

DISCUSSED, AS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF MALDIVES

Preparatory Committee for the 2001

Special Session of the General Assembly

 On the Children’s World Summit

4^th Meeting (PM)

GIRLS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BEFORE BIRTH, CHILDREN’S

SPECIAL SESSION PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOLD

IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS GLOBALIZATION MUST WORK FOR ALL

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Davos, Switzerland, on 28 January to the World Economic Forum:

Let me begin by thanking our friend Klaus Schwab for his very kind introduction, and for inviting me to Davos again. 

                                                      SG/SM/7693

Preparatory Committee for the 2001                          HR/4514

 Special Session of the General Assembly                    29 January 2001

 on the Children’s World Summit

2^nd Meeting (PM)