28 FEBRUARY 2005 OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY DAY IN UNITED STATES

NEW YORK, 28 February (United Nations Fund for International Partnerships) -- To recognize and promote the tremendous philanthropic work of corporations in communities around the world, New York Governor Pataki, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and US Secretary of Commerce Donald L. Evans proclaimed 28 February 2005 as “Corporate Philanthropy Day”.

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

NO TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT MORE POWERFUL THAN WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS WOMEN’S COMMISSION OPENS 2005 SESSION

Aims to Review Progress 10 Years after Beijing Conference;

Speakers Say Much Achieved, But Large Gap Remains between Policy, Practices

IAEA REVIEW MISSION COMPLETES ASSESSMENT OF ACTIONS TAKEN

 

BY PAKS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN HUNGARY

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Security Council

5132^nd Meeting (AM)

TANGIBLE PROGRESS MADE BUILDING TIMOR-LESTE’S DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS,

BUT MAJOR CHALLENGES REMAIN, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

 

Special Representative Says Land Border Demarcation among Unresolved Issues;

Secretary-General’s Report Recommends ‘Scaled Down’ UN Mission until 20 May 2006

MAXIMIZING INVESTMENTS IN AGRICULTURE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

 

Meeting Explores Ways to Ensure Integrated Approach to Agricultural Development

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SUPPLY OF ESSENTIAL DRUGS CRITICAL IN POST-DISASTER SITUATIONS,

 

SAYS INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD

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TUNIS ‘SUMMIT OF SOLUTIONS’ TAKES SHAPE AS SECOND PREPARATORY MEETING AGREES

 

ON FINANCIAL MECHANISMS, OUTLINES WAY FORWARD

 

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LEADING VETERINARY EXPERTS FROM 28 COUNTRIES CALL FOR MORE VIGOROUS BIRD FLU CONTROL

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HO CHI MINH CITY, Viet Nam, 25 February (FAO) -– An international conference on avian influenza in Asia has expressed major concern about the bird flu situation in the region.

CUBA to HOST TRAINING COURSE ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 28 FEBRUARY – 16 March

 

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GENEVA, 25 February (UNCTAD) -- Government officials and academics from eight Latin American and Caribbean nations will be trained by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in the use of multidisciplinary approaches to trade and development issues in Havana, Cuba.

FAO LAUNCHES FRENCH ALLIANCE AGAINST HUNGER AT PARIS AGRICULTURE FAIR

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PARIS/ROME, 25 February (FAO) -- At the invitation of the French Ministry of Agriculture, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will be present again this year at the Paris agriculture fair (Salon international de l’agriculture), to be held from 26 February to 6 March 2005 at the Parc des expositions, Porte de Versailles, Paris.