Press Release

Commission for Social Development                          

Forty-Second Session                                       

FAO brings 60 countries to table for global fisheries trade

meeting, 10 - 14 February, in Bremen, Germany

Event Parallels Fish International Trade Fair

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 5 February (FAO) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will convene an international meeting on world fish trade from 10 to 14 February

2004 in Bremen, Germany.

HEALTH EXPERTS CALL FOR TARGETED STRATEGY, INCLUDING

POULTRY VACCINATION, TO HELP CURB AVIAN FLU

(Reissued as received.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning, 3 February, to meet with President George W. Bush and other senior US officials, as part of the regular exchanges he holds twice a year with officials in Washington.

SECRETARY-GENERAL INVITES GREEK AND TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADERS

TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS IN NEW YORK ON 10 FEBRUARY

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

Economic and Social Council                                

2004 Organizational Session                                

2^nd Meeting (AM)

MULTILATERAL APPROACHES ARE EFFECTIVE IN COUNTERING THREAT OF MASS DESTRUCTION

WEAPONS, BUT SERIOUS GAPS REMAIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ADVISORY BOARD

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, in New York today:

Security Council                                           

UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS FOR RELEASE OF AID WORKER ABDUCTED IN SOMALIA

GENEVA, 4 February (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Ghanim Alnajjar:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew from Brussels to Geneva in the early afternoon of Friday, 30 January.