60 MILLION PEOPLE IN 33 COUNTRIES SUFFER FROM FOOD SHORTAGES,

SAYS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION REPORT

ROME, 1 March (FAO) -- Some 60 million people in 33 countries are facing food emergencies of varying intensity, according to a report released today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The FAO's Foodcrops and Shortages found sub-Saharan Africa worst off with

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ADOLF OGI, FORMER PRESIDENT OF SWITZERLAND,

SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT VIOLENCE IN BORDER AREA

OF FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

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

Commission for Social Development

Acting as Preparatory Committee for

 Second World Assembly on Ageing

3^rd Meeting (PM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR 2002 WORLD ASSEMBLY ON AGEING

CONTINUES ELECTION OF BUREAU

The Commission on Social Development acting as the Preparatory Committee for the Second World Assembly on Ageing, to be held in Madrid, Spain in April

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN MARCH

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for March:

Security Council

Volodymyr Yu. Yel’chenko (Ukraine) succeeds Saïd Ben Mustapha (Tunisia) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MARCH 2001

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

Meetings continued from previous month:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES ALARM CONCERNING TALIBAN EDICT ORDERING

DESTRUCTION OF STATUES AND NON-ISLAMIC SHRINES

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for

Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UN POPULATION DIVISION ISSUES ‘WORLD POPULATION PROSPECTS:  THE 2000 REVISION’

Security Council

4284^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS WESTERN SAHARA MISSION UNTIL 30 APRIL,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1342 (2001)

The Security Council this morning unanimously decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 30 April 2001, by adopting resolution 1342(2001).

Commission for Social Development

Acting as Preparatory Committee for

 Second World Assembly on Ageing

1^st Meeting (AM)