UN EXPERT SAYS COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT NEEDS TO ADDRESS

ROOT CAUSES OF DISPLACEMENT IN DARFUR AND ALL SUDAN

(Reissued as received.)

EDUCATION FOR RURAL PEOPLE TO BOOST AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN LATIN AMERICA

FAO, UNESCO and Other Organizations Join to Fight Illiteracy

(Reissued as received.)

SANTIAGO DE CHILE/ROME, 2 August (FAO) -- An international campaign on education for rural people aims to improve agricultural productivity and reduce hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Latin American, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERT MEETING CONCLUDES

Experts Exchange Ideas for Strengthening National

And International Measures against Infectious and Deliberate Diseases

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON COUNTER-TERRORISM,

ANTI-ORGANIZED CRIME TO TOGO

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Secretary-general calls for renewed determination to ensure peace, development,

human rights for indigenous people, in international message

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of the World Indigenous People observed 9 August:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISMAYED BY BRUTAL KILLING OF TWO PAKISTANI HOSTAGES IN IRAQ

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BOMBINGS IN TASHKENT

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

The Secretary-General expresses his strong dismay at today’s series of bombings against the Embassies of the United States and Israel, as well as the Office of the Prosecutor General, in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent.  Reportedly, two people were killed and about a dozen were injured in the attacks.

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UNITED NATIONS DEPLOYS DISASTER TEAM TO BANGLADESH

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN AUGUST

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for August:

Security Council