WORLD AGRICULTURE TOWARDS 2030 -– FINAL STUDY PUBLISHED

Growth in Food Production Will Be Higher Than Population Growth

ROME, 4 March (FAO) -- The world's population will be better fed by 2030, but hundreds of millions of people in developing countries will remain chronically hungry.

Note to Correspondents

‘YOUTH AT RISK:  THE FUTURE IN OUR HANDS’ THEME OF ANNUAL

STUDENT CONFERENCE AT HEADQUARTERS 6-7 MARCH

Note to Correspondents

GENDER EQUALITY AND MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOCUS

OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY AT HEADQUARTERS, 7 MARCH

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

172^nd & 173^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

RAPID RESPONSE BY UN KEY TO SAVING LIVES AND REDUCING COSTS, SPEAKERS STRESS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

40^th Meeting (AM)

GROWING DISPARITY CITED BETWEEN RESOURCES AND INCREASING WORKLOAD IN UNITED NATIONS

HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE, AS FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES RESUMED SESSION

Scale of Budget Assessments, Information and Communications

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BAHAMAS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Paulette A. Bethel, the new Permanent Representative of the Bahamas to the United Nations, presented her credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FIJI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Isikia Rabici Savua, the new Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Savua served as Commissioner of the Fiji Police, a position he held since 1994.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SIERRA LEONE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Joe Robert Pemagbi, the new Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF RWANDA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Stanislas Kamanzi, the new Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MONGOLIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Baatar Choisuren, the new Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.