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IK/339-UNEP/144
31/03/2003
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IK/339
UNEP/144


AIR POLLUTION FROM BAGHDAD FIRES POSES RISKS FOR HUMAN HEALTH

AND ENVIRONMENT, SAYS UNEP


(Reissued as received.)


AMMAN/NAIROBI, 30 March (UNEP) -- Toxic smoke from burning oil wells in southern Iraq and from oil-filled trenches and bomb-ignited fires in Baghdad are the clearest evidence so far that the current conflict may further damage Iraq's already highly stressed environment, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

SAG/124
31/03/2003
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SAG/124


FROM FARM TO TABLE:  A GLOBAL APPROACH TO FOOD SAFETY


Linking Food Chain


(Reissued as received.)


ROME, 31 March (FAO) -- Food safety is a global issue which demands an integrated, global response.


But the answer to tackling the issue of food-borne hazards which know no geographical boundaries lies very close to home -- in the farms, fields, orchards and rivers, large or small -- where our food has its source.

ORG/1377
31/03/2003
Press Release
ORG/1377


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN APRIL 2003


The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in April, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:


Meetings continued from previous month: