SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE TO PHUKET MEETING OFFERS CLOSE UN PARTNERSHIP

IN EFFORT TO CREATE TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

Press Statement by Security Council President on Iraq elections

Following is the text of today’s statement to the press by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina):

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY

 

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for February:

Security Council

Security Council

2004 Round-up

TERRORISM, IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, SUDAN AMONG CRITICAL ISSUES

BEFORE SECURITY COUNCIL IN 2004

HUGE INVESTMENTS IN WATER, AGRICULTURE AND ECOSYSTEMS NEEDED TO REDUCE

HUNGER AND POVERTY, SAYS FAO IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE IN THE HAGUE

(Reissued as received.)

The Hague, 31 January (FAO) -- Investments in agriculture and ecosystems in poor countries are essential to reduce by half the number of hungry people by 2015, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Deputy Director-General David Harcharik said today in The Hague.

FIRSTBIODIVERSITYPARK OF ITS KIND LAUNCHED IN RAWALPINDI

Pioneering Public-Private Partnership Gives Prior Access to Biodiversity

(Reissued as received.)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN FEBRUARY 2005

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in February, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

24 January-4 February

Note to Correspondents

PHOTO EXHIBIT COMMEMORATING END OF WORLD WAR II OPENS

AT HEADQUARTERS ON 1 FEBRUARY

INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN TO VISIT

COUNTRY FROM 31 JANUARY TO 6 FEBRUARY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 31 January (UN Information Service) -- Cherif Bassiouni, the Independent Expert on Human Rights in Afghanistan, will conduct an official mission to that country from 31 January to 6 February 2005.

Round-Up

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION

Adopts Conclusion on Reports from Sweden, Albania,

Luxembourg, Austria, Belize, Bahamas, Iran, Togo, Bolivia, Nigeria

(Reissued as received; delayed in transmission.)