NEW UNITED NATIONS DEMOGRAPHIC YEARBOOK 2000 ISSUED; PROVIDES

VITAL STATISTICS FOR MORE THAN 233 COUNTRIES, AREAS

PROBLEMS OF LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES GET LATIN LOOK, AS SEVEN NATIONAL MINISTERS

MEET ON 12-13 MARCH IN PARAGUAY

INCREASED EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES DESCRIBED

FIRST-EVER EUROPEAN MEETING OF UN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES TASK FORCE
TO BE HELD IN GENEVA ON 21-22 FEBRUARY

GENEVA, 19 February (UN Information Service) -- The fourth meeting of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force, to be held on 21 and 22 February in Geneva, will focus on how best to link the ICT efforts by the private sector, civil society and the United Nations system in furthering ICT-for-development.

‘DIGITAL DIASPORA NETWORK’ TO PROMOTE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN CARIBBEAN LAUNCHED AT HEADQUARTERS

NEW YORK, 7 February (ICT Task Force) -- The Digital Diaspora Network for the Caribbean, through which Caribbean expatriates working in the high-tech sector in North America will seek to jump-start information and communication technologies initiatives in their home region, was launched on 24 January at United Nations Headquarters.

SECRETARIAT OF PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES ESTABLISHED

BY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON REINVENTING GOVERNMENT

IN MARRAKECH, MOROCCO 11-13 DECEMBER

FORMER LATIN AMERICAN PRESIDENTS MEET AT UN TODAY

TO DISCUSS FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN REGION

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN TAX MATTERS, ROLE OF TAXATION IN DEVELOPMENT

AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION

2002 UN Pledging Conference

for World Food Programme

AM Meeting

SIX STATES, HOLY SEE PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

Six Member States and an observer mission pledged contributions this morning at the annual United Nations/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pledging Conference for the World Food Programme (WFP).