UNITED NATIONS ASSISTS CHINA AFTER LETHAL EARTHQUAKE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

41^st Meeting (AM)                   

NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS, INDEPENDENCE IN UNITED NATIONS

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE HIGHLIGHTED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED WITH SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORT

FOR HIS EFFORTS TO ASSIST PARTIES IN CYPRUS

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

The Secretary-General was pleased with the support he received in the Security Council yesterday for his efforts to assist the parties in Cyprus reach a comprehensive settlement.

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement to the press on Liberia, delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

WORLD AGRICULTURE TOWARDS 2030 -– FINAL STUDY PUBLISHED

Growth in Food Production Will Be Higher Than Population Growth

ROME, 4 March (FAO) -- The world's population will be better fed by 2030, but hundreds of millions of people in developing countries will remain chronically hungry.

[OCHA]

ACCESS LIMITATIONS IN ANGOLA PLACE314,000 IN CRITICAL NEED

      NEW YORK,4 March (OCHA) --The United Nations Office for the Coordina tion of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Angola, where the United Nations runs one of the largest relief operations in the world, reports that the needs of some

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAMES OF THREE ENTITIES TO CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 4 March 2003 the following entities to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

172^nd & 173^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

RAPID RESPONSE BY UN KEY TO SAVING LIVES AND REDUCING COSTS, SPEAKERS STRESS

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

BREAKING SILENCE, STRENGTHENING LEGISLATION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TRAFFICKING

IN WOMEN KEY ISSUES FOR WOMEN’S COMMISSION PANEL

INDIAN SOLAR MARKET ADVANCES WITH NEW FINANCE FROM UNEP AND BANKS

(Reissued as received.)

BANGALORE/PARIS, 4 March, (UNEP) -- A major new $7.6 million initiative was launched today between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and two of India's largest banking groups to help 18,000 southern Indian households finance clean and reliable electricity from solar power.