Press Release

Security Council                                           

Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

LOCUST INVASION THREATENS SUMMER CROPS IN SAHEL COUNTRIES,

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT URGENTLY NEEDED

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 4 August (FAO) -- While large locust swarms continue to arrive in West African countries, the locust situation is returning to normal in Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

K-2 GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY PROVIDES FILLIPFORMOUNTAIN CONSERVATION EFFORTS

UNEP Congratulates Italian, Pakistani Leaders

(Reissued as received.)

WTO DECISION PUTS DOHA WORK PROGRAMME ‘BACK ON TRACK’,

SAYS UNCTAD SECRETARY-GENERAL

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 August (UNCTAD) -– The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary-General Rubens Ricupero yesterday welcomed the World Trade Organization’s approval last weekend of a package of agreements intended to resume the stalled Doha round of trade talks.

Security Council                                           

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ASSISTS PERU AFTER INTENSE COLD AND SNOWSTORMS

Biographical Note                                          

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

TIPS TO TURN TIDE IN FAVOUR OF ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES -- GUIDE GIVES

FISHERMEN ADVICE ON HOW TO CATCH FISH, NOT TURTLES

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI/HONOLULU/BANGKOK, 2 August (UNEP) -- Fishermen who use large circular hooks baited with fish rather than squid may not only boost their catches, they may also significantly reduce the number of turtles killed and harmed in fishing gear every year.

UNITED NATIONS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON COUNTER-TERRORISM,

ANTI-ORGANIZED CRIME TO TOGO

(Reissued as received.)