FAO ASSISTING WAR-DISPLACED IN UGANDA

 

Seeds, Tools, Training to 94,000 Vulnerable Households

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 5 May (FAO) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will provide 94,000 vulnerable households in internally displaced person (IDP) camps in northern Uganda with seeds, tools and agricultural training to help reduce their dependence on food aid.

UNEP WINS 2005 STRATOSPHERIC OZONE PROTECTION AWARD

 

US Government’s Prestigious Ozone Prize Goes to UN for First Time

(Reissued as received.)

WASHINGTON/PARIS, 4 May (UNEP) -- For the first time ever, a United Nations programme, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has won the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISPATCHES ELECTORAL TEAM TO LEBANON

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘GRAVELY CONCERNED’ BY DENIAL OF FREEDOM

 

OF MOVEMENT OF UN VERIFICATION MISSION IN LEBANON

 

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

Security Council

5175^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, WELCOMES ‘SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS’

BY LEBANESE PARTIES TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTION 1559 (2004)

But Expresses Concern at Lack of Progress on Disarmament

Of Militias, Extension of Control by Lebanese Government over Its Territory

PRESS STATEMENT ON GEORGIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on Georgia by Security Council President Ellen Margrethe Løj (Denmark):

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UN OPERATION IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE UNTIL 4 JUNE,

 

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1600 (2005)

The Security Council decided this afternoon to extend the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), and of the French forces supporting it, for one month, until 4 June 2005.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA ADDS NEW IDENTIFYING

INFORMATION IN ITS TRAVEL BAN LIST

 

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA ADDS NEW IDENTIFYING

INFORMATION IN ITS ASSETS FREEZE LIST

On 2 May 2005, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided to include additional identifying information in connection with some of the individuals subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1532 (2004) (the Assets Freeze list)

PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE FISHING IN SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN

 

New Commission to Focus on Coastal Fisheries - Agreement on High Seas in Pipeline

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 4 May (FAO) -- A new Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) regional fisheries body has been established to promote responsible and sustainable fishing in the South-Western Indian Ocean, the United Nations specialized agency announced today.