| Press Release SOC/NAR/891 |
NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD CONCERNED ABOUT FAILURE OF TURKMENISTAN TO COOPERATE
WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release SOC/CP/285 |
UN CONVENES INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS TO DISCUSS RESPONSE TO TERRORISM, CRIME LINKS
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release PI/1559 SAG/236 |
INTERNET GOVERNANCE ISSUES DISCUSSED AT INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATION UNION WORKSHOP
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release SOC/NAR/892 |
ANNUAL REPORT OF NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD FOCUSES ON RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN DRUG ABUSE, CRIME, VIOLENCE AT COMMUNITY LEVEL
(Reissued as received.)
VIENNA, 3 March (UN Information Service) -- The impact of drug abuse on crime and violence at the community level is the main focus of the 2003 Annual Report of the Vienna-based International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), released here today.
| Press Release SC/8019 |
Security Council
GENEVA, 3 March (UNCTAD) -- Tourism officials from more than 50 countries worldwide will gather at Lisbon's Congress Centre from 8 to 11 March to share experiences and best practices in sustainable tourism as a tool for development. The meeting is being organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) as part of its efforts to help developing countries take advantage of the growth in international tourism. Participants will make recommendations on how UNCTAD can improve those efforts.
| Press Release DEV/2464 SAG/235 |
GLOBAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FORUM OPENS IN CHILE
CONCEPCIÓN (CHILE), 2 March (UNID0) -- The first Global Biotechnology Forum opened today with more than 1200 participants drawn from governments, the scientific community, industry, development agencies, media and the general public, from both the developing world and industrialized nations. Among them, prominent scientists and experts.
| Press Release WOM/1437 |
Commission on the Status of Women
Forty-eighth Session
| Press Release SC/8018 AFR/856 |
PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Following is the press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo delivered today by Security Council President Jean-Marc de la Sablière (France):
The members of the Security Council heard this morning a briefing by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping, on recent developments in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
| Press Release SG/SM/9181 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PROGRESS IN SIX-PARTY BEIJING TALKS;
SAYS STEP TOWARDS NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREEKOREANPENINSULA
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
