FAO, united arab emirates to support food security in arab world

by strengthening national agricultral information centre

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION CALLS

FOR INTENSIFIED ACTION TO COMBAT ILLEGAL FISHING

Agency Gears to Do More as It Reports

Deepening of Problem to Governing Conference

Note to Correspondents

OBSERVANCE OF TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FAMILY

TO BE LAUNCHED ON 4 DECEMBER

The tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family will be launched on 4 December at United Nations Headquarters in New York, with activities including a high-level seminar on the family, sponsored by the Path to Peace Foundation and the World Family Policy Center, and taking place in Conference Room 1 at 3 p.m.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

24^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED CHANGES

TO PLANNING, BUDGETING PROCESS

Ad Hoc Committee for Voluntary

Contributions to UNRWA

AM Meeting

NINETEEN DONOR COUNTRIES PLEDGE $72 MILLION FOR ACTIVITIES OF UNRWA IN 2004

Nineteen donor countries pledged $72 million for the 2004 budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at this morning’s meeting of the General Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee for Voluntary Contributions.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

68^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXTS ON PALESTINE, MIDDLE EAST, INTERNATIONAL YEAR

OF FAMILY, GLOBAL THREATS, CULTURAL PROPERTY

Also Appoints Seven Members to Committee on Conferences

MANY SKI RESORTS HEADING DOWNHILL AS RESULT OF GLOBAL WARMING

Fifth World Conference on Sport and Environment in Turin, 2-3 December

TURIN/NAIROBI, 2 December (UNEP) -- Many low-altitude ski resorts face economic hardship, and even ruin, as a result of global warming, a new study launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) concludes.

ONLY COLLECTIVE ENGAGEMENT CAN TACKLE AFRICA’S URGENT URBAN CHALLENGE

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO CAMEROON ‘AFRICITIES’ CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the “Africities Summit”, delivered by Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme(UN-HABITAT), in Yaoundé, Cameroon, 2 December:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON SOMALIA DISCUSSES FINDINGS OF NOVEMBER MISSION

NEW YORK, 2 December (Department of Political Affairs) -- On 26 November 2003, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia, discussed its mission to the region and exchanged views on concrete recommendations reflecting the findings of the mission.

DISABLED PERSONS CAN MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS

Study Addresses Extension, Training Needs of Farmers with Physical Disabilities

ROME, 2 December (FAO) -- The contribution of individuals with disabilities to agricultural projects can have a significant impact on food security, says a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) study released ahead of the annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons.