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PI/1511
18/09/2003
Press Release
PI/1511


GLOBAL SCHOOLNET ALLIANCE CREATED FOR WORLD SUMMIT


Students and Educators Will Examine

How Information Society Impacts Human Rights Declaration


(Reissued as received.)

AFR/701-IHA/795
17/09/2003
Press Release
AFR/701
IHA/795


AGREEMENT REACHED ALLOWING HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO DARFUR REGION OF SUDAN


NEW YORK, 17 September (OCHA) -- The Government of Sudan and the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) signed an agreement today that would allow “free and unimpeded” humanitarian access to Sudan’s Darfur region, which covers some 20 per cent of that country’s territory.

PI/1510-REC/124
17/09/2003
Press Release
PI/1510
REC/124


TEEN GUIDE TO THE INTERNET


(Reissued as received.)

OBV/371-PI/1509
16/09/2003
Press Release
OBV/371
PI/1509


UNITED NATIONS MESSENGERS OF PEACE JOIN IN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE OBSERVANCE


United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will ring the Peace Bell at 10 a.m., 19 September at United Nations Headquarters to herald the twenty-second observance of the International Day of Peace.  At his side will be five of the United Nations Messengers of Peace:  Muhammad Ali, Anna Cataldi, Michael Douglas, Jane Goodall and Elie Wiesel.

PAL/1961-TAD/1953
16/09/2003
Press Release
PAL/1961
TAD/1953


WAR-TORN PALESTINIAN ECONOMY NEEDS TO BRIDGE RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT,


SAYS UNCTAD REPORT


(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 16 September (UNCTAD) -- Protracted occupation and conflict have effectively transformed the occupied Palestinian territory into a "war-torn economy", with serious implications for Palestinian development prospects, says the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in a new report.