Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC MARGINALIZATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

AMONG ISSUES RAISED BY NATIONAL LEADERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE

Security Council Press Statement on Côte d’Ivoire

 

The following Security Council press statement on Côte d’Ivoire was delivered today by President Juan Antonio Yañez-Barnuevo (Spain):

BIRD FLU EPIDEMIC WILL CONTINUE TO DEMAND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’S

ATTENTION, AGENCIES SAY IN JOINT STATEMENT

 

Recent Outbreaks in Asian Countries

Show Virus Will Probably Not Be Eradicated in Near Future

(Reissued as received.)

FAO responds to devastation wrought by natural disasters in Caribbean, South Asia

Emergency Assistance Urgently Needed in Hurricane-, Flood-Affected Countries

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 27 September (FAO) -- As natural disasters continue to plague the Caribbean and South Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is working to provide emergency assistance to hurricane and flood victims in the worst-affected countries.

Note to Correspondents

UNU SEMINAR ON ‘WTO AND CHALLENGES TO TRADE-LED GROWTH’

 

at Headquarters, 29 SEPTEMBER

 

TROPICAL STORM JEANNE CONTINUES TO POUND HAITI

 

NEW YORK, 27 September (OCHA) -- Storm-battered Haiti continues to feel the effects of a series of devastating storms, the latest being tropical storm Jeanne.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS CAUTION AGAINST POST-SEPTEMBER 11^TH STEREOTYPING, LINKING ISLAM

WITH TERRORISM, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ENTERS SECOND WEEK

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VISITING SUDAN

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 27 September (UN Information Service) -- Yakin Ertürk, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, issued the following statement today:

New Flood Busting Project for Africa’s LimpopoRiver Unveiled

 

(Reissued as received.)

MAPUTO/NAIROBI, 27 September (UNEP) -- A multimillion-dollar project to reduce the impacts of flooding on the lower LimpopoRiver was announced today.

With Splashes of Colour, Children Urged To Express Fears, Hopes

for World's Cities in 2004 Environmental Painting Competition

(Reissued as received.)