Press Release

STRENGTHENED GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY INDICATED BY UN ECONOMIC SURVEY OF EUROPE

(Reissued as received.)

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SECRETARY-GENERAL PROFOUNDLY SADDENED BY CHILDREN’S DEATHS

IN AFGHANISTAN AIR STRIKES

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday, 7 December:

PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

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

FAO STRENGTHENS COMMITMENT TO BRAZIL'S ZERO HUNGER PROGRAMME

$5.8 Million Agreement to Measure Success

ROME, 8 December (FAO) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday that it had signed a $5.8 million agreement with the Government of Brazil, strengthening its collaboration and support of the country's Zero Hunger Programme.

Note to Correspondents

SUMMIT ON STAFF SECURITY TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 11 DECEMBER

To address the security problems faced by United Nations and associated personnel around the world, the sixth annual Summit on Staff Security will take place on Thursday 11 December, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Conference Room 1 at Headquarters.

Note to Correspondents

PANEL DISCUSSION ON ‘GLOBALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS’ TO BE HELD ON 10 DECEMBER

The United Nations University (UNU) Office in New York is organizing a panel discussion on “Globalization of Human Rights:  pros and cons” based on the UNU press book The Globalization of Human Rights, co-edited by Jean-Marc Coicaud, Michael Doyle and Anne-Marie Gardner.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

71st Meeting* (PM)

PROLIFERATION OF ‘NON-STRATEGIC’ NUCLEAR WEAPONS, NEW AGENDA FOR DISARMAMENT

AMONG ISSUES, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 52 FIRST COMMITTEE TEXTS

Calls for 2004 Review Conference of Mine-Ban Convention;

Also Debates UN Information and Communication Technologies Strategy

General Assembly Plenary

Tenth Emergency Special Session

23^rd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT REQUESTING INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

TO ISSUE ADVISORY OPINION ON WEST BANK SEPARATION WALL

Tenth Emergency Special Session Approves Measure

By Recorded Vote of 90 in Favour, 8 Against as 74 Abstain

ECONOMIC POLICY KEY TO WORLD ANTI-POVERTY FIGHT SAYS UN

NEW YORK, 8 December (United Nations Department of Public Information) -- Economic policies geared to generating sustainable growth can serve as powerful mechanisms for fighting poverty, especially when ancillary economic and social policies are linked to the needs of the poor, concludes a United Nations report issued today.