SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS KILLING OF UN PEACEKEEPERS

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the murder of nine United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh today during an ambush by unidentified militia groups near Kafé in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who were part of a company protecting a camp for internally displaced people.

LACK OF FUNDING FOR SECURITY REFORM, REINTEGRATION PROGRAMMES DISTURBING,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COUNCIL MEETING ON WEST AFRICA

 

Desperation Born of High Youth Unemployment Levels

Could Lead to Political, Social Unrest in Whole Subregion, He Warns

Secretary-General Condemns Tel Aviv Suicide Bomb Attack

 

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

The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest possible terms the suicide bomb attack in Tel Aviv this evening.

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.

Under-Secretary-General says unsustainable debt burdens worsen

 

Hiv/aids situation in least developed countries

He Calls for Greater Awareness, Active Engagement to Cope with Pandemic

WORLD POPULATION TO INCREASE BY 2.6 BILLION OVER NEXT 45 YEARS,

WITH ALL GROWTH OCCURRING IN LESS DEVELOPED REGIONS

 

Numbers to Rise from Present 6.5 Billion,

Hitting 9.1 Billion by 2050, According to Official UN Estimates

Security Council

5130^th Meeting (AM)

PAST THREE MONTHS MARKED BY POSITIVE TREND IN KOSOVO, BUT CONSIDERABLE

CHALLENGES REMAIN FOR ‘CRUCIAL YEAR’ OF 2005, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Special Representative Says Tangible Progress Made by Provisional

Institutions in Implementing Eight Standards Required for Status Talks

SIGNIFICANT DIGITAL DIVIDE NARROWING SLOWLY, ACCORDING TO UNCTAD REPORT

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GENEVA, 24 February (UNCTAD) -- The digital divide between nations is significant -- at around twice the average levels of income inequality.  There are signs, however, that it is gradually narrowing, according to a new UNCTAD report on The Digital Divide:  ICT Development Indices 2004.