Press Release

Commission for Social Development                          

Forty-second Session                                       

12^th Meeting (PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY KILLING OF UN MILITARY OBSERVER

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES LOSS OF LIFE DURING ISRAEL’S GAZA MILITARY INCURSIONS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFED ON IRAQ TALKS BY SPECIAL ADVISER

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

INTERNATIONAL RICE CONFERENCE MEETS IN ROME

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 12 February (FAO) -- Intensification of rice production in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner is essential for food security, particularly in Asia and Africa, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

OUTER SPACE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE TO HOLD

FORTY-FIRST SESSION IN VIENNA, 16 - 27 FEBRUARY

(Reissued as received.)

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DECIDES TO ENHANCE ENGAGEMENT

OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN ITS WORK

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ENVOY ARRIVES IN SUDAN

NEW YORK, 12 February (OCHA) -– Ambassador Tom Eric Vraalsen, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs for Sudan, arrived in the Sudan today.

NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD URGES FULL SUPPORT TO AFGHAN AUTHORITIES

IN ADDRESSING DRUG CONTROL SITUATION

(Reissued as received.)

Commission for Social Development                          

Forty-second Session                                       

11^th Meeting (AM)