Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

38^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION STRESSING NEED

FOR SPEEDY RESUMPTION, CONCLUSION OF DOHA WORK PROGRAMME

MILAN CONFERENCE CONCLUDES AS MINISTERS CALL FOR URGENT,

COORDINATED ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

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CONFERENCE ON IMPLEMENTATION, BY ARAB STATES, OF UN ACTION PROGRAMME ON ILLICIT

TRADE IN SMALL ARMS TO TAKE PLACE IN CAIRO, 16-18 DECEMBER

PAN-AFRICAN IMPLEMENTATION AND PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE

ON WATER ENDS WITH ACTION PLAN FOR CONTINENT

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PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Following is today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria):

The members of the Security Council heard a statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE INVITES MEMBER STATES TO COMMENT ON SECOND

REPORT OF AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN MONITORING GROUP

LACK OF FUNDS FOR AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS IN NORTH KOREA COULD BE DISASTROUS

FAO Calls for $3.5 Million to Feed Nearly 2 Million People

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ROME, 11 December -- Hunger and undernourishment could rise in North Korea in 2004, if projects to produce food are not being funded, FAO warned in a statement issued today.

Inter-Active Discussion

UN PUBLIC INFORMATION CHIEF MODERATES DISCUSSION ON DIGITAL DIVIDE,

ICTS, EDUCATION THROUGH INTERNET

Conference Video-links Students from Turkey, Uganda

With Counterparts from United Nations Geneva International School

World Summit on the Information Society

2^nd Plenary Meeting (AM)

WSIS:  INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ARE NOT END IN THEMSELVES,

BUT WAY TO FIGHT POVERTY

Many Speakers Support Creation of Digital Solidarity Fund

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World Summit on the Information Society

1^st Plenary Meeting (PM)

WSIS OPENING MEETING DISCUSSES HOW DIGITAL DIVIDE IS PREVENTING

EQUAL SHARING OF OPPORTUNITIES CONCERNING ICTS

Speakers Call on Need to Promote

International Cooperation to Reduce Digital and Other Divides

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