FORESTS CENTRAL TO ANTI-POVERTY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BRAZZAVILLESUMMIT

 

FOLLOWING DEATH OF TOGO’S PRESIDENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TRANSFER

OF POWER SHOULD BE PEACEFUL, CONSISTENT WITH CONSTITUTION

 

The following statement was issued Saturday, 5 February, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General expressed his deep sorrow upon learning of the sudden death today of President Gnassingbe Eyadema of the Republic of Togo.

RECENT CASES OF ‘MAD COW DISEASE’ ISOLATED INCIDENTS

 

Three Cases Detected in Canada, One in US

(Reissued as received.)

United Nations Conferences and Observances

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.