LACK OF FUNDS FOR AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS IN NORTH KOREA COULD BE DISASTROUS

FAO Calls for $3.5 Million to Feed Nearly 2 Million People

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 11 December -- Hunger and undernourishment could rise in North Korea in 2004, if projects to produce food are not being funded, FAO warned in a statement issued today.

World Summit on Information Society

Round Table (PM)

FIRST ROUND TABLE OF WSIS DISCUSSES CREATING DIGITAL OPPORTUNITIES

(Reissued as received.)

The first high-level round table of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was held this afternoon with Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal, opening an interactive dialogue which was moderated by Maria Livanos Cattaui, Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce.

UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE FORMALIZES AGREEMENT WITH SWISS

DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ON FIELD SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA

First Meeting of States Parties

to Convention on Migrant Workers

1^st Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION PROTECTING MIGRANT WORKERS

HOLD FIRST MEETING AT HEADQUARTERS

Elect 10-Member Main Committee

GLOBAL FORUM ADOPTS DECLARATION, ACTION PROGRAMME

ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND INFORMATION SOCIETY

Documents to Be Submitted to World Summit on Information Society

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Following is today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria):

The members of the Security Council heard a statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Summit on Staff Security

AM Meeting

THEME OF SIXTH SUMMIT ON STAFF SECURITY IS ‘AFTER BAGHDAD:

UN WORKERS UNDER THE GUN’

Speakers Call for Ratification of Convention on Protection of UN Staff,

Appropriate Investment in Security, Staff Involvement in Security Processes,

THE SPECIAL ADVISER OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WSIS AND THE HEAD OF DPI

STRESS ROLE OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN DEVELOPMENT

(Reissued as received.)

COMMUNITY MULTIMEDIA CENTRES TREMENDOUS PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA LAUNCH OF INITIATIVE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

INSTITUTE FOR DISARMAMENT RESEARCH, LOGISTICS BASE AT BRINDISI

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS BUDGET COMMITTEE ADOPTS SEVEN TEXTS