BSE CONTROLS IN MANY COUNTRIES ARE STILL NOT SUFFICIENT

FAO Urges Countries to Strictly Apply Precautionary Measures

(Reissued as received.)

UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN RECOMMENDS RELOCATION OF DARFUR REFUGEES

FARTHER INLAND FROM CHADIAN BORDER, SPEED-UP OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION

SOLAR POWER GIFT BRINGS RAY OF SUNSHINE TO INDIA’S RURAL POOR

MANGALORE (India)/ BASEL (Switzerland), 9 January (UNEP) -- Poor families in India are being given a New Year renewable energy lifeline as a result of a donation by one of the world’s leading solar power companies.

WORLD EXPERTS WILL MEET IN NAIROBI TO HELP UNITED NATIONS BOOST CAPABILITIES

IN EARLY WARNING, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

NAIROBI, 9 January (UNEP) -- Links between global warming and heavy metal pollution, soil microbes and bumper crop yields and the degree to which a degraded environment can trigger political instability are likely to be among the pressing issues facing scientists trying to unravel the fate of planet Earth.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SIERRA LEONE

Following is the press statement on Sierra Leone delivered by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile):

Council members heard an update from Assistant Secretary-General Annabi on developments since the Secretary-General’s latest report on the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL).

Background Release

WOMEN’S ANTI‑DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HOLDS THIRTIETH SESSION

IN NEW YORK, 12 - 30 JANUARY

CEDAW to Review Reports of Eight States Parties

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will hold its twenty-thirtieth session at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 12 to 30 January 2004.

CHAIRPERSONS AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL

SUBSIDIARY BODIES ELECTED FOR 2004

HIGHER WORLD TOBACCO USE EXPECTED BY 2010 -- GROWTH RATE SLOWING DOWN

Number of Smokers Growing –- Production Shifting to Developing Countries

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 8 January (FAO) -- World tobacco demand is expected to increase until the year 2010 due to population and income growth, but at lower rates than in the past, according to a new study published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today.

STAFF UNION COMMITTEE MOURNS FALLEN IN ‘ANNUS HORRIBILIS’ 2003

NEW YORK, 8 January (UN Staff Union) -- The United Nations Staff Council Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service mourns the many United Nations staff members who paid with their lives while serving the Organization in an “Annus Horribilis” marked by the horrific attack in Baghdad on 19 August.

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES APPEAL FOR IRAN EARTHQUAKE