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.)

Urgent task is to do everything possible to help protect THE people of Darfur

 

from Violence, human rights abuse, Secretary-General tells Security Council

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on the situation in Africa:

Toast by Secretary-General at Francophones’ dinner in New York

 

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French)

Following is the text of a toast by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Francophones’ dinner in New York on 23 September 2004:

Security Council                                           

Geneva, Rome to host Rotterdam Convention secretariat

 

Fourteen New Hazardous Chemicals, Pesticides Added to Trade Watch List

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA/ROME, 24 September (FAO/UNEP) -- Geneva and Rome have won the competition to host the permanent secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention.

Committee on World Food Security adopts Right to Food Guidelines

(Reissued as received.)