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SAG/225

UN AGENCY SAYS BIRD FLU VIRUS STILL NOT UNDER CONTROL

13/02/2004
Press Release
SAG/225


UN AGENCY SAYS BIRD FLU VIRUS STILL NOT UNDER CONTROL


(Reissued as received.)


BANGKOK, 13 February (FAO) -- The spread of the avian influenza virus in several Asian countries is still not under control, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Cambodia, China, Indonesia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic continue to report new outbreaks in poultry, the FAO said today.  Thailand has reported no new outbreaks.

Reference Paper No. 43

United Nations Conferences and Observances

13 February 2004
Press Release
Reference Paper No. 43


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Note No. 5850

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO HOLD HIGH-LEVEL MEETING TO REVIEW ANTI-POVERTY EFFORTS ON 17 FEBRUARY

13/02/2004
Press Release
Note No. 5850


Note to Correspondents


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO HOLD HIGH-LEVEL MEETING TO REVIEW


ANTI-POVERTY EFFORTS ON 17 FEBRUARY


The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) initiates a 2004 review of efforts to mobilize domestic and international resources to stem the tide of poverty and instability in the least developed countries (LDCs), at a high-level meeting on Tuesday, 17 February, in New York.