MANAGING CORN PEST IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

Italy Funds Three-Year Regional

Project Under FAO Trust Fund for Food Security

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ROME, 16 July (FAO) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will help seven countries in Central and Eastern Europe to control the spread of the western corn rootworm, a major threat to corn production in the region.

SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE HOLDS PANEL

ON COPING STRATEGIES FOR PALESTINIAN ECONOMY

Speakers Underline Difficulties Resulting from

Dependence of Palestinian Economy on Israel International Aid

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PRESS STATEMENT ON SOMALIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Somalia by Security Council President Inocencio F. Arias (Spain):

Members of the Security Council heard an update from the Secretariat at informal consultations on 16 July on the developments in Somalia since the publication of the report of the Secretary-General of 10 June (document S/2003/636).

SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASIZES NEED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI IN MEETING WITH MYANMAR’S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan after the conclusion of his meeting this afternoon with U Khin Maung Win, Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Envoy of the Union of Myanmar:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘STRONGLY CONDEMNS’ COUP D’ÉTAT IN SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

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

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the coup d’état in Sao Tome and Principe and calls for the immediate and unconditional restoration of constitutional order.  He also calls for the prompt release of government officials detained during the coup.

TWO-DAY UN SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE CONCLUDES

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ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON ITS ROLE IN IMPLEMENTATION

OF OUTCOMES OF MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Begins Consideration of General Segment On Implementation of Monterrey Consensus and Brussels Programme of Action

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UNITED NATIONS, REGIONAL GROUP COOPERATE AGAINST DRUG AND CRIME FLOW

FROM WEST AND CENTRAL ASIA

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VIENNA, 15 July (UN Information Service) -- The Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation Organization  (ECO), Ambassador Seyed Mojtaba Arastou from Iran, paid a visit on Monday to the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa.

ANSWER TO PALESTINIAN PROBLEM LIES IN PERFORMANCE OF STEPS REQUIRED

TO IMPLEMENT ROAD MAP, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People in Geneva today, delivered by Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):

ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON COORDINATION OF UN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

AS IT CONCLUDES HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS SEGMENT

Text Addresses Humanitarian Developments,

Challenges; Transition from Relief to Development

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