Press Release

FAO URGES INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE AGAINST HUNGER ON WORLD FOOD DAY

      ROME, 16 October (FAO)-- FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf appealed for an international alliance against hunger on Thursday, World Food Day, as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization commemorated its foundation in 1945.

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $196 MILLION

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Background Release

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD 79TH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 20 OCTOBER TO 7 NOVEMBER

Experts to Review Situation in Philippines,

Russian Federation, Equatorial Guinea, Latvia, Sri Lanka

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Committee on Relations

with Host Country

219^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW PARKING PROGRAMME

INSTITUTED FOR DIPLOMATIC VEHICLES IN NEW YORK

Annual Report Approved, Stressing Importance

Of Positive Public Perception of United Nations Organization

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE REACHES CONSENSUS ON NEW TEXT SUPPORTING EFFORTS

TOWARDS POLITICAL SOLUTION OF DISPUTE OVER WESTERN SAHARA

European Union, Morocco, Algeria Commend Action, Taken Without

Vote; Debate Begins on Comprehensive Review of UN Peacekeeping Operations

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE SPEAKERS STRESS IMPORTANCE OF MEASURES TO EMPOWER,

PROTECT WOMEN, AS DEBATE ON WOMEN’S ISSUES CONTINUES

Policy Options Discussed Include Those

Promoting Employment, Economic Opportunities

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

12^th & 13^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DELEGATES STRESS IMPORTANCE OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE AS SECOND COMMITTEE

TAKES UP QUESTIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, DESERTIFICATION, BIODIVERSITY

Speakers Highlight Need to Protect World’s Rapidly Deteriorating Environment

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

10^th Meeting (PM)

DISARMAMENT ‘DOUBLE STANDARDS’, SMALL ARMS THREAT AMONG ISSUES RAISED,

AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

34^th & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

BOLD ACTION BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS REQUIRED TO MOVE IMPLEMENTATION OF AFRICAN

DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FORWARD, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

UNDERWATER LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM DYING THROUGH IGNORANCE, UNEP SURVEY ASSERTS

First ‘World Atlas of Seagrasses’ Reveals Vital Role of Marine Meadows

LONDON/NAIROBI, 14 October (UNEP) - Manatees, dugongs and green sea turtles are just some of the growing list of already threatened species at risk from the destruction of ocean seagrass, a new report has revealed.