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ORG/1410

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN APRIL 2004

31/03/2004
Press Release
ORG/1410


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN APRIL 2004


The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in April, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

ENV/DEV/760-UNEP/216

NORTH-EAST ASIAN DUST AND SAND STORMS GROWING IN SCALE AND INTENSITY; UNEP WARNS OF ‘THE GLOBALIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS’

31/03/2004
Press Release
ENV/DEV/760
UNEP/216


NORTH-EAST ASIAN DUST AND SAND STORMS GROWING IN SCALE AND INTENSITY;


UNEP WARNS OF ‘THE GLOBALIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS’


(Reissued as received.)


JEJU/NAIROBI, 31 March (UNEP) -- Dust and sand storms are plaguing North-East Asia nearly five times as often as they were in the 1950s, environment ministers from around the world learned today.

AFR/876-IHA/884

RETURN VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY TO ERITREA

31/03/2004
Press Release
AFR/876
IHA/884


RETURN VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY TO ERITREA


ASMARA, Eritrea, 30 March (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -– Martti Ahtisaari, the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa, arrives in Asmara, Eritrea, on 31 March 2004 for a two-day visit.  Mr. Ahtisaari’s mandate was recently extended for six months.