Committee on the Inalienable Rights

 of the Palestinian People

284^th Meeting (AM)

UN Expert Group to Meet in Azerbaijan on Issues IN Linking Implementation

of Beijing Action Plan, Millennium Goals, 7 – 10 February

UNODC, Ethiopian Authorities Join Forces against Terrorism,

 

Organized Crime and Money-Laundering

 

(Reissued as received.)

COMMITTEE NEGOTIATING TREATY ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

CONCLUDES FIFTH SESSION

The General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities concluded its fifth session today after reaching further agreements on draft articles addressing access to justice, privacy, family, independent living, full inclusion in the community and other individual rights.

Security Council

5119^th Meeting (AM)

UN READY FOR 10,000 STRONG TROOP DEPLOYMENT IN SUDAN TO MONITOR

PEACE AGREEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Special Representative Says Troops Already Committed

Mean First Phase Awaits Only Mandate, Status-of-Forces Agreement

New strategies needed to secure food, safeguard ecosystems

 

Water Conference Proposes Actions

To Reconcile Water Needs of Agriculture and Ecosystems

(Reissued as received.)

THE HAGUE, 4 February (FAO) -- Countries should urgently take action to develop integrated policies that reconcile the water needs of agriculture and ecosystems, according to an international conference that ended in The Hague today.

FAO Director-General urges African countries to give high priority

 

to agricultural research and development

Dakar Agricole Forum to Formulate New Vision to Reduce World Agricultural Divide

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS EXPRESS CONTINUED

 

CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION OF GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES

(Reissued as received.)

17-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE RELEASED INTO CUSTODY

 

OF INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOMALIA

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 3 February (UN Information Service) -- The Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Somalia, Dr. Ghanim Alnajjar, issued the following statement today:

Economic and Social Council

2005 Organizational Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)

Recovery in world economic growth in 2004 tempered by continuing

 

global trade imbalances, oil price uncertainties, ecosoc told

In Organizational Meeting, Council Approves Agenda for 2005 Session;

Considers NGO Status, Reports on Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, Among Other Matters