PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR POOR ARE SUPPORTED AT ROME FORUM

OF UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

(Reissued as received.)

ENERGY SECURITY RISKS AND GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS

TO BE REVIEWED AT UN FORUM BY INDUSTRY LEADERS

Experts from OPEC, European Union, Russian Federation, United States

Will Meet in Geneva on 20 November; Follow-Up to 2002 Round Table Success

(Reissued as received.)

UNECE-WYB JOINT MISSION TO BELARUS TO ASSIST

IN DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(Reissued as received.)

AGRIBUSINESS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

TO BE HELD IN TEL AVIV, 9-16 SEPTEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

LATIN AMERICA’S PROGRESS ON POVERTY STAGNATES, ACCORDING TO NEW UN REPORT

(Reissued as received.)

UN LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC COMMISSION FORECASTS

PROTOCOL TO CONTROL PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS TO ENTER INTO FORCE

GENEVA, 5 August (ECE) -- France has become the sixteenth country to ratify the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).  The Protocol will, consequently, enter into force on 23 October 2003.

MACROECONOMIC DATA FOR UNECE COUNTRIES NOW AVAILABLE ON WEB

(Reissued as received.)

ARAB BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO EXAMINE WTO AGREEMENTS IN BEIRUT WORKSHOP

ORGANIZED BY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA

UN REPORT TO HEMISPHERIC CONFERENCE ON IMMIGRATION FINDS 20 MILLION

FROM LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN NOW LIVE IN OTHER COUNTRIES

ECLAC Study Says Remittance of Funds Increasingly Important