Form: 11-K

Annual report of employee stock purchase, savings and similar plans

June 28, 2001

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

Published on June 28, 2001






EXHIBIT 23





CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statement listed below of our report on the financial statements of The
Coca-Cola Company Thrift & Investment Plan included in the Annual Report on
Form 11-K of The Coca-Cola Company for the year ended December 31, 2000:

Registration Statement No. 2-58584 on Form S-8, dated
November 20, 1987, as amended




/s/ BANKS, FINLEY, WHITE & CO.



Atlanta, Georgia
June 27, 2001