EDUCATION KEY TO REHABILITATING ARID AREAS OF AFRICA

NAIROBI, 26 November (UNEP) -- A multi-million dollar project to help nomads and communities in three African countries conserve and boost the prospects for native flowers, shrubs and trees has been launched by the United Nations with backing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

FEAR OF STIGMA AS BAD AS DISEASE ITSELF, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN WORLD AIDS DAY REMARKS

Following are the remarks made by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at an event to mark World AIDS Day today, 26 November 2002:

I am delighted to see so many prominent people join us for this event to mark World AIDS Day.

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UN WORKSHOP FOR LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN NATIONS SEEKS

WIDER COMPLIANCE WITH ARMS PACT REPORTING PROCEDURES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

60^th and 61^st Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT CALLING ON GOVERNMENTS TO OBSERVE

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIABY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is this afternoon’s press statement on Liberia by Wang Yingfan (China), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Council held informal consultations on 25 November 2002 pursuant to paragraph 20 of resolution 1408 (2002), under which the Council decided that it would conduct six monthly reviews of the measures established against Liberia.

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VOLUNTEERISM, EMBODYING BASIC VALUES,

IS ‘ULTIMATE EXPRESSION’ OF UNITED NATIONS IDEALS

Comments Mark General Assembly Debate on Outcome of International Year

This is the text of remarks today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a luncheon on the occasion of the General Assembly debate on the outcome of the International Year of Volunteers, 2001:

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is this afternoon’s press statement on the Central African Republic by Wang Yingfan (China), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from Assistant Secretary-General [Tuliameni] Kalomoh on the situation in the Central African Republic on  26 November 2002.

UN YEARBOOK FOR 2000, OUT SOON, OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW

OF ACTIVITIES OF WORLD ORGANIZATION

World Aids Day

PM Meeting

STIGMA AFFECTING HIV/AIDS VICTIMS CAN BE AS DETRIMENTAL AS VIRUS ITSELF,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WORLD AIDS DAY MEETING

At Headquarters Town-Hall Meeting, General Assembly President,

Media Figures, AIDS-Affected Victims Speak Out against Discrimination