WFP HAILS DONATION FROM HUNGARY FOR SRI LANKA TSUNAMI SURVIVORS

(Reissued as received.)

COLOMBO, 17 March (WFP) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a vital contribution of wheat flour from the Government of Hungary for the agency’s tsunami relief operations in Sri Lanka.

The UN Secretary-General travelled from Spain to Israel for an official visit, with a day and a half layover in Geneva, Switzerland.

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-Third Session

2261^stMeeting(PM)*

Human rights committee takes up report of Mauritius

Experts Praise Creation of National Human Rights

Commission but Raise Concerns Regarding Anti-Terrorism Law

ECONOMIC VIABILITY, CRITICAL REQUIREMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT

 

Forestry’s Contribution to Informal Sector Must Be Taken into Account

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 17 March (FAO) -- Economic viability, including the environmental and social benefits deriving from forests, is a pre-requisite for wider adoption of sustainable forest management practices, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

ACCESS TO SAFE WATER PRIORITY AS UN MARKS BEGINNING OF INTERNATIONAL DECADE

Government Ministers to Meet in April to Decide

On Policy Measures to Reach Targets for Water, Sanitation, Slums

TEN CENTRAL, SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN STATES JOIN FORCES ON COUNTER-TERRORISM,

CORRUPTION, FIGHT AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME

 

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

37^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL FINANCING REQUESTS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONVENING OF TRANSITIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY of IRAQ

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ERSKINE BOWLES AS DEPUTY

 

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TSUNAMI RECOVERY

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Erskine Bowles today as the Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery.  Mr. Bowles will support former President Bill Clinton in his capacity as the United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery.  The Secretary-General announced President Clinton’s appointment last month.

MAJOR EFFORTS NEEDED TO BETTER MANAGE WORLD’S WATER – ‘OUR LIFELINE FOR SURVIVAL’

 

IN 21^ST CENTURY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for World Water Day, observed 22 March: