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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:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUED ATTACKS IN DARFUR

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

italy provides $1.5 million for un agricultural project in west bank, gaza

(Reissued as received.)

Rome, 29 July (FAO) -- Around 1,500 farming households in the West Bank and Gaza Strip will benefit from an agricultural pilot project over the next two years, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.

The project will be implemented by FAO and funded by Italy with around $1.5 million.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘COMMITMENT AND COMPROMISE’ TO MOVE COTED’IVOIRE

PEACE PROCESS FORWARD, IN REMARKS TO ACCRA MEETING

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the opening of the plenary session of the High-Level Meeting on Côte d’Ivoire: