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Press Release


WFP/1062
26/10/2001
Press Release
WFP/1062


NORTH KOREA STILL NEEDS FOOD AID DESPITE BEST HARVEST IN SIX YEARS


(Reissued as received.)


ROME, 26 October (FAO/WFP) --The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is likely to record its best harvest for six years, but with domestic food production still well below consumption requirements, the country will again need substantial external assistance in 2002, two United Nations agencies said today.

PI/1387
26/10/2001
Press Release
PI/1387


LIBRARIES IN BRAZIL, CHINA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

AND UNITED STATES DESIGNATED UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES


(Reissued as received.)


Six libraries, located in Brazil, China, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the United States, have been designated United Nations depository libraries, becoming part of an international network of 404 libraries in

HQ/612
26/10/2001
Press Release
HQ/612


Committee on Relations

with Host Country

209th Meeting (PM)


HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE APPROVES ANNUAL REPORT


The Committee on Relations with the Host Country this afternoon approved its annual report, by which the General Assembly would extend its deepest condolences to the families of those killed in the terrorist attacks on the host city and country on 11 September.

GA/DIS/3210
26/10/2001
Press Release
GA/DIS/3210


Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

15th Meeting (AM)


FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT CALLS FOR SMALL ARMS REVIEW CONFERENCE BY 2006,


BIENNIAL MEETINGS TO ASSESS ILLICIT ARMS TRADE ACTION PROGRAMME


Six Other Disarmament Draft Resolutions Also Introduced

Disarmament Under-Secretary-General Notes New Demands on Department