Security Council

4785^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS BRIEFING ON MISSION TO WEST AFRICA, INCLUDING VISITS

TO GUINEA-BISSAU, NIGERIA, GHANA, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE

Mission Head Notes Unity of Liberian Civil Society Groups,

Political Parties in Calls for International Involvement in Country

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION

ON WORKING TOGETHER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

(Reissued as received.)

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION ADOPTS MORE THAN 50 NEW FOOD STANDARDS

New Guidelines on Genetically Modified and Irradiated Food

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 9 July (FAO) -- The Codex Alimentarius Commission has adopted a landmark agreement on how to assess the risks to consumers from foods derived from biotechnology, including genetically modified foods, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.

ECOSOC CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON ITS ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING

TARGETS AND COMMITMENTS OF UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCES

Non-Governmental Organizations Highlight Importance

Of Civil Society Participation in Implementing Outcomes of UN Conferences

(Reissued as received.)

UN, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF LA FRANCOPHONIE SHARE GOALS OF CONFLICT

PREVENTION, DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Assembly of French-Speaking Parliamentarians, in Niamey, Niger, 6-9 July:

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME DEVELOPS

MODEL LAWS TO HELP COMBAT TERRORISM

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

617^th & 618^th Meeting (AM & PM)                  

COMMITTEE EXPERTS, NOTING IMPORTANT PROGRESS IN JAPAN’S LEGAL FRAMEWORK,

WELCOME NEW LEGISLATION TO FOSTER GENDER EQUALITY

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL ON ‘CONFERENCEIMPLEMENTATION:

COMMON GOALS AND COMMON CHALLENGES’

Panellists Stress Need for Implementation of Conference Outcomes;

Describe Action in Areas of Migration and Responding to SARS Outbreak

(Reissued as received.)

Meeting of States to Consider Action

Programme on Illicit Small Arms Trade

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)      

CALLS HEARD FOR MORE VIGOROUS INTERNATIONAL ACTION AGAINST ILLICIT ARMS TRADE,

AS FIRST-EVER BIENNIAL MEETING ON SMALL ARMS FOLLOW-UP CONTINUES

FAO SUPPORTS REBEL- AND GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED AREAS IN SUDAN

WITH SEEDS AND TOOLS -– MORE ASSISTANCE NEEDED

(Reissued as received.)

ROME,8 July (FAO)-- For the first time, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has successfully delivered a substantial amount of seeds and tools by road to previously inaccessible rebel-held areas in the Nuba Mountains in southern Sudan, according to a statement released today.