Press Release

WIN-WIN OUTCOMES POSSIBLE IF APPROACH TO MIGRATION IS RATIONAL, COMPASSIONATE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN TELLS NEW GLOBAL COMMISSION

Following are the remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the launch of the Global Commission on International Migration today in Geneva:

WORLD POPULATION IN 2300 TO BE AROUND NINE BILLION, ACCORDING TO UN PROJECTIONS

ICT HAS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE HEALTH, EDUCATION, GOVERNANCE, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE AT LAUNCH OF GHANA-INDIA KOFI ANNAN CENTRE

FAO STRENGTHENS COMMITMENT TO BRAZIL'S ZERO HUNGER PROGRAMME

$5.8 Million Agreement to Measure Success

ROME, 8 December (FAO) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday that it had signed a $5.8 million agreement with the Government of Brazil, strengthening its collaboration and support of the country's Zero Hunger Programme.

UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE SEEKS MORE SUPPORT FOR WATER-HARVESTING

PROGRAMME TO INCREASE ETHIOPIA’S RURAL FOOD SECURITY

                                                            SG/SM/9061

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

71st Meeting* (PM)

PROLIFERATION OF ‘NON-STRATEGIC’ NUCLEAR WEAPONS, NEW AGENDA FOR DISARMAMENT

AMONG ISSUES, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 52 FIRST COMMITTEE TEXTS

Calls for 2004 Review Conference of Mine-Ban Convention;

Also Debates UN Information and Communication Technologies Strategy

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ENVOY DISCUSSES HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

NEW YORK, 8 December (OCHA) -- Ms. Carolyn McAskie, the Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for the Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, arrived in Abidjan yesterday, 7 December, for a fourth follow-up and evaluation mission.

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN DARFUR, SUDAN, SAID TO BE AMONG WORST IN WORLD

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROFOUNDLY SADDENED BY CHILDREN’S DEATHS

IN AFGHANISTAN AIR STRIKES

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday, 7 December: