ETHIOPIA’S CROP PRODUCTION UP — FOOD AID STILL NEEDED

NEW YORK, 31 January (OCHA) -- Ethiopia’s crop production is expected to increase by 24 per cent compared to last year’s estimates.  This was a key finding of the recent crop and food supply assessment mission undertaken jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), which pegged cereal and pulse production at 14.27 million tonnes.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

683^rd Meeting (PM)

CHINA SET TO STAY GROWTH COURSE, ACCORDING TO UNCTAD HANDBOOK OF STATISTICS 2004

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY DEATH OF SHAH ABU MOHAMMAD SHAMSUL KIBRIA,

DISTINGUISHED BANGLADESHI PUBLIC SERVANT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY DISTURBED’ BY ATTACK ON DARFUR VILLAGE,

CALLS ON PARTIES TO COMPLY FULLY WITH CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT

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

Secretary-General calls on people of iraq to exercise

 

their democratic rights in Sunday’s election

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the elections in Iraq was issued today:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ONE INDIVIDUAL

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 28 January 2005 approved the addition of one individual to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

73. *Name: 1: SULAYMAN 2: KHALID 3: DARWISH 4: na

Security Council

5117^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS VIOLENCE ALONG BLUE LINE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON,

EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNIFIL UNTIL 31 JULY

Resolution 1583 (2005) Adopted Unanimously

Security Council

5116^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS GEORGIAMISSION UNTIL 31 JULY 2005,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1582 (2005)

UN-AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE APPOINTS NEW RECTOR

 

NEW YORK, 27 January (University for Peace) -- Maurice Strong, Chair of the Council of the University for Peace (UPEACE), who is also Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, announced today the appointment of Julia Marton-Lefèvre to the position of Rector of UPEACE.