IRAQ CONFLICT COULD BE DEVASTATING FOR RURAL ECONOMY, SAYS UNITED NATIONS

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION

Emergency Appeal for $86 Million Launched

ROME, 3 April (FAO) -- Conflict could be devastating for Iraq's rural economy, with consequences on the country's capacity to produce food, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today in the wake of its recent launch of an $86 million appeal to help meet the emergency.

ISRAELI MILITARY FORCEFULLY OCCUPIES UN SCHOOL IN WEST BANK

COMMISSION ON BOUNDARY BETWEEN CAMEROON, NIGERIA TO MEET IN YAOUNDE, 2-3 APRIL

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

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-sixth Session

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)            

NOBEL LAUREATE AMARTYA SEN STRESSES EMPOWERING ROLE OF EDUCATION AND NEED

TO REFORM SCHOOL CURRICULA, IN ADDRESS TO POPULATION COMMISSION

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS ‘BREAKTHROUGH’, AS AGREEMENTS ON DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC OF CONGO ARE FORMALLY ENDORSED AT SUN CITY MEETING

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the final session of the Inter-Congolese Dialogue, delivered on his behalf by his Special Envoy M. Moustapha Niasse, in Sun City, South Africa on 2 April:

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES REVIEW OF VIOLATION

OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ANY PART OF WORLD

Speakers Note National Efforts to Uphold

Human Rights, Address Alleged Violations in Specific Countries

(Reissued as received.)

Ad Hoc Committee on Assembly

Resolution 51/210

29^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S AD HOC COMMITTEE ON TERRORISM RECOMMENDS

LEGAL COMMITTEE WORKING GROUP FOR TWO DRAFT TREATIES

Ad Hoc Committee on Assembly

Resolution 51/210

Seventh Session

28^th Meeting (PM)

COORDINATORS FOR NEGOTIATIONS ON TWO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

REPORT ON PROGRESS TO TERRORISM AD HOC COMMITTEE

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES DEBATE ON QUESTION

OF VIOLATIONS ANYWHERE IN WORLD

Special Rapporteurs on Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq,

Personal Representative on Cuba, and Justice Minister of Congo Speak

(Reissued as received.)

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-sixth Session

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)            

GAPS IN SCHOOL ENROLMENT AND EDUCATION LEVELS AMONG NATIONS MIGHT TAKE DECADES

TO CLOSE, KEYNOTE SPEAKER TELLS POPULATION COMMISSION

Delegations Highlight Progress Achieved

And Challenges Still Faced at National Level