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TOLERANCE, INTER-CULTURAL DIALOGUE, RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY MORE ESSENTIAL THAN EVER,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR DAY TO ELIMINATE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March 2004:

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CHALLENGES OF TODAY’S ‘GLOBAL VILLAGE’ – FEAR, WANT, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

MUST BE ADDRESSED TOGETHER SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT OTTAWA CEREMONY

Following are Secretary-General’s Kofi Annan’s remarks on receiving honorary degrees from Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, in Ottawa on 9 March:

President Van Loon, Rector Patry, Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ladies and gentlemen,

UNITED NATIONS RESPONDS TO MADAGASCAR CYCLONE

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Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Ottawa to begin a state visit in the afternoon of Monday 8 March.

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UN AGENGY SAYS COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY BIRD FLU SHOULD NOT RESTOCK FLOCKS

TOO QUICKLY, AS VIRUS COULD STILL BE CIRCULATING

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 11 March (FAO) -- Countries affected by the deadly avian influenza virus H5N1 should not restock their flocks too quickly to avoid the disease flaring up again, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.

FAO launches appeal for $4 million for haiti

ROME, 10 March (FAO) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a $4 million appeal for Haiti yesterday for urgent farming inputs to restore agricultural production and improve the food security of the households worst-affected by the current crisis.

The crisis has further degraded an agricultural sector already weakened by years of poverty, the FAO said.  The agricultural sector faces: