RUSSIA, AZERBAIJAN SIGN ASIAN HIGHWAY AGREEMENT

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UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS VISITS COLOMBIA

BOGOTA, 5 May (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, begins an official visit to Colombia today.

To help world's troubled oceans, deeper problems must be addressed, fao says

Poverty, Hunger Hinder Efforts to Promote Sustainable Use of Marine Resources

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Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Nane Annan travelled to Virginia in the afternoon of Tuesday, 4 May, to receive a humanitarian award from Refugees International, in an event marking that group’s twenty-fifth anniversary, in McLean, Virginia.

Wealth, poverty continue to coexist in Europe, FAO chief says

Around 5 Per Cent of Europe's Population Affected by Food Insecurity

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SECRETARY-GENERAL, MARKING WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY, SAYS AFFORDABLE

TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE EFFECTIVE ENGINES OF SOCIAL, MATERIAL CHANGE

The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Telecommunication Day, 17 May 2004:

Secretary-General invokes individual humanity of refugees

at anniversary dinner in his honour

The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the twenty-fifth anniversary dinner of Refugees International in McLean, Virginia, yesterday, 4 May:

Thank you, Nane.  As you say, it is indeed hard to imagine what it is like to be a refugee.

UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS ON COALITION AUTHORITIES TO ALLOW

 

IRAQI DETAINEES TO CHALLENGE LAWFULNESS OF DETENTION

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GENEVA, 5 May (UN Information Service) –- The Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on arbitrary detention of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Leïla Zerrougui, issued the following statement today:

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THIRD SESSION OF PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

TO MEET AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 10-21 MAY

Theme of Session:  ‘Indigenous Women’

press statement on ethiopia, eritrea by Security Council president

The following is the text of a statement to the press on the situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea by the President of the Security Council, Munir Akram (Pakistan):