south africa’s PRESIDENT MBEKI OPENS UNITED NATIONS AFRICAN

MEETING ON PALESTINIAN RIGHTS IN CAPE TOWN

(Received from UN Information Officer.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS DEEP CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES, GOVERNMENTS

FOLLOWING CRASH OF UN MISSION HELICOPTER IN SIERRA LEONE

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

israel’s gaza wthdraWAl could be bridge towards resuming meaningful

peace process, says Secretary-General to capetown meeting

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the United Nations African Meeting in Support of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, delivered by Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in Cape Town, 29 June:

The Secretary-General arrived in Dubai on Monday, 28 June 2004, on the first leg of a trip which would take him to Qatar, the Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Thailand and Austria.

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International treaty on plant genetic resources becomes law

after ratification by 55 states

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 29 June (FAO) -- A crucial legally binding global treaty on sustainable agriculture has become law today, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced.

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has entered into force, 55 countries having now ratified it.

SPEAKERS AT CAPETOWN MEETING COMPARE SITUATION IN OCCUPIED

TERRITORIES WITH SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID

Participants Discuss Situation in Occupied PalestinianTerritory

(Received from UN Information Officer.)

cairo population agenda ‘practical blueprint’ for reducing poverty,

says Secretary-General in message to san juan meeting

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the meeting of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development, delivered by José Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary, ECLAC, in San Juan, 29 June:

Secretary-General promises continued un support for central africa peace,

development efforts in message to security meeting in malabo

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)