UN AGENCY MEETING IN NORWAY AGREES ON FRAMEWORK FOR

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AQUACULTURE

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      Rome, 18 August (FAO) -- Countries from around the world have resolved to cooperate more closely in order to develop a better framework for the sustainable development of the world's aquaculture sector, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES EXPANDED COOPERATION BETWEEN UN,

PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM IN MESSAGE TO NEW ZEALAND MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the 2003 Pacific Islands Forum Meeting, in Auckland, New Zealand, 16 August, delivered by Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme:

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEMBERS BEGIN NEW PROCESS

Experts to Meet in Geneva to Discuss Ways

Of Strengthening National Measures against Biological Weapons

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Round-up

SUB-COMMISSION ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

CONCLUDES FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION

Adopts 43 Texts, Including on Responsibilities of Transnational

Corporations; Effects of Counter-Terrorism Measures; Right to Development

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Security Council

4809^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMN RECENT VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO,

INSIST EXTREMISTS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO UNDERMINE FUTURE

Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Warns Last Week’s Crimes Not Unique;

Determined Minority Seeks to Drive Serbs Out, Complete ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LIBERIA PEACE AGREEMENT

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON KOSOVO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Kosovo delivered today by Security Council President Mikhail Wehbe (Syria):

Members of the Council were briefed on the violent attack in Kosovo yesterday in which two Kosovo Serb teenagers were killed and four others injured, one critically.  A Kosovo Albanian woman was also injured following the incident.

Security Council

4808^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES UN ASSISTANCE MISSION IN IRAQ,

WELCOMES CREATION OF GOVERNING COUNCIL AS ‘IMPORTANT STEP’

Resolution 1500 (2003) Adopted by 14-0-1 (Syria)

UN CONFERENCE ON ARMS CONTROL, DISARMAMENT AND THEIR FUTURE

TO CONVENE IN OSAKA, JAPAN, 19 - 22 AUGUST

UN AGENCIES SAY AFGHANISTAN REAPS LARGEST EVER HARVEST,

BUT HUNGER REMAINS DESPITE HUGE CROP

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ROME/KABUL, 14 August (FAO/WFP) -- Afghanistan's cereal crop will be the largest harvest on record but many households will continue to require humanitarian assistance, according to a joint report released today by two United Nations food agencies.