Press Release

United Nations Drugs and Crime Office to Provide Assistance

to Pakistan’s Intelligence Agencies

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 23 August (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control of Pakistan have signed an agreement on a new technical assistance project to enhance the intelligence capacity of key law-enforcement agencies in Pakistan.

Ad Hoc Committee on Convention                             

 on Persons with Disabilities                              

In Geneva on Thursday, 19 August, Secretary-General Kofi Annan led the commemoration ceremonies to mark the first anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad.

Secretary-General strongly condemns deadly bombing in bangladesh

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

Secretary-General welcomes inauguration of transitional

Federal parliament for Somalia

The following statement was issued on Sunday, 22 August, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Round-Up of Session                                              

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

CONCLUDES SIXTY-FIFTH SESSION

Youth Art Contest Launched for United Nations Conference on smallislands

NEW YORK, 23 August (UN Department of Public Information) -- Young people in small island nations are being invited to share their vision for island living through an international art contest, the United Nations announced today.

MINISTER GILBERTO GIL LAUNCHES JOINT UNCTAD – BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT

INITIATIVE ON CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS CONTINUES TO MEET NEEDS OF FLOOD-STRICKEN BANGLADESH

SMALL COUNTRIES INVEST RELATIVELY MORE ABROAD THAN BIG ONES:

UNCTAD RELEASES NEW OUTWARD FDI PERFORMANCE INDEX

(Reissued as received.)