LIBRARIES IN BAHRAIN, CHINA, GEORGIA, MEXICO AND UNITED STATES

DESIGNATED UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

FIFTY-SECOND VOLUME OF UNITED NATIONS YEARBOOK PUBLISHED COVERING

ORGANIZATION’S MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN 1998

UN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, ORGANIZATION OF LA FRANCOPHONIE

NEW WEB SITE SHOWS HOW UN’S WORK BENEFITS PEOPLE

A new Web site that shows how United Nations programmes and projects benefit people was launched today.

Designed and developed by the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), the site is a cyber magazine which features up to 48 stories at any one time about men, women and children from all walks of life and from all parts of the world who have benefited in some way from the United Nations’ work.

USE OF INTERNET AS TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEWED AT NEW YORK SEMINAR

Representatives from 19 Permanent Missions

Of Spanish-speaking Member States Participate in Seminar Organized by DPI

The United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) is holding a seminar on the theme “The Internet as a Tool for Development”, at United Nations Headquarters, from 12 to 16 March.

WEBCAST AND FINAL REPORT OF UN WORLD TELEVISION FORUM 2000 AVAILABLE ONLINE

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21 February 2001

CANNABIS IS NORTH AMERICA'S MOST ABUSED DRUG, SAYS INTERNATIONAL

NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD REPORT 2000

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO CONVENE FOURTH HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON COOPERATION

BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Improving cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations on peace-building will be on top of the agenda when United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan convenes the Fourth High-Level Meeting between the United Nations and Regional Organizations at United Nations Headquarters on 6 and

7 February 2001.

LIBRARIES IN PAKISTAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, UNITED STATESAND VANUATU

DESIGNATED UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

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