ENTREPRENEURS FROM POOREST COUNTRIES CAN SEIZE GLOBAL ECONOMY’S OPPORTUNITIES,

 SAY SPEAKERS AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE BUSINESS ROUND TABLE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

EDUCATION’S VITAL ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT STRESSED AT THEMATIC SESSION

OF BRUSSELS CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

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MORE THAN 200 MAYORS COMMIT TO FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY, CITY-TO-CITY COOPERATION

AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

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TRUST FUND TO FIGHT DISEASE, IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH TO DEVELOPMENT

AMONG ISSUES AT THEMATIC SESSION OF BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

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WFP WARNS OF POTENTIAL FOOD CRISIS IN CHECHNYA

ROME, 14 May (WFP) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today urgently appealed for support to avert a potential food crisis in the northern Caucasus region of the Russian Federation, particularly Chechnya, after a severe shortfall in donations forced the agency to scale back drastically on food aid distributions despite severely deteriorating conditions there.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONCLUSION OF PROVISIONAL

SELF-GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT IN KOSOVO

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the conclusion of the Constitutional Framework for Provisional Self-Government in Kosovo and commends the consultative and inclusive manner in which this important document was elaborated.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES THAT FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF MITCHELL REPORT

RECOMMENDATIONS COULD HELP RESTART MIDDLE EAST PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

Following is the text of a statement issued yesterday, by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the report of the Sharm el-Sheik Fact-Finding Committee:

WITHOUT CONSERVATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH CANNOT BE SUSTAINED,

SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

Following is the text of remarks made in Brussels yesterday by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the King Baudouin International Development Prize Ceremony:

Meeting of States Parties

To Law of Sea Convention

55^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES AGREE TO ESTABLISH REVIEW BODY FOR PROPOSED BUDGETS

OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR LAW OF SEA

The Meeting of States parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea agreed this morning to establish an open-ended working group to review proposed budgets of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

Security Council

4320^th Meeting (AM)