SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY KASHMIR AVALANCHE DEATHS, PROPERTY DAMAGE

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council

5130^th Meeting (AM)

PAST THREE MONTHS MARKED BY POSITIVE TREND IN KOSOVO, BUT CONSIDERABLE

CHALLENGES REMAIN FOR ‘CRUCIAL YEAR’ OF 2005, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Special Representative Says Tangible Progress Made by Provisional

Institutions in Implementing Eight Standards Required for Status Talks

MACROECONOMIC DATA FOR UNECE COUNTRIES NOW AVAILABLE ON WEB

(Reissued as received.)

WORLD POPULATION TO INCREASE BY 2.6 BILLION OVER NEXT 45 YEARS,

WITH ALL GROWTH OCCURRING IN LESS DEVELOPED REGIONS

 

Numbers to Rise from Present 6.5 Billion,

Hitting 9.1 Billion by 2050, According to Official UN Estimates

INDEPENDENT EXPERTS CALL FOR RENEWED EFFORTS TO COMBAT CONTINUING

 

INSTITUTIONAL RACISM, LARGE-SCALE XENOPHOBIA

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GENEVA, 24 February (UN Information Service) -- A panel of Eminent Experts has expressed profound concern about continuing institutional and large-scale manifestations of racism and xenophobia.

Under-Secretary-General says unsustainable debt burdens worsen

 

Hiv/aids situation in least developed countries

He Calls for Greater Awareness, Active Engagement to Cope with Pandemic

PLANS TO HARNESS CONGO HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL GAINING POLITICAL MOMENTUM,

TOP AFRICAN ENERGY EXECUTIVE TELLS UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL

 

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NAIROBI, 24 February (UNEP) –- Plans to harness the power of the mighty Congo River to generate electricity are being drawn up by one of Africa’s biggest energy companies, it was announced at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today.

credibility of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty faces serious challenges,

 

Secretary-General tells advisory board on disarmament matters

 

‘Additional Protocol’ Would Raise Bar for Inspections Standards, He Says

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (as delivered) in New York, today, 23 February:

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5129^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL REITERATES STRONG CONDEMNATION OF USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS,

BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PLAN OF ACTION

Special Representative Olara Otunnu Tells Council

Plan Aims at Structured Compliance, Enforcement Regime

FIGHTING BIRD FLU AT ORIGIN WILL HELP PREVENT HUMAN FLU PANDEMIC,

SAYS UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION

 

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HO CHI MINH CITY, Viet Nam, 23 February (FAO) -- Containing the bird flu virus to the greatest extent possible and reducing the risk of infection in poultry and farmed free-range ducks will help to prevent a global human influenza pandemic, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.