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.

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA MINISTERIAL SESSION CONCLUDES,

RECOMMENDS HOLDING FORUM ON PALESTINE RECONSTRUCTION

DESPITE CRITICAL REGIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, ESCWA TO HOLD

TWENTY-SECOND MINISTERIAL SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

                                                            PI/1456

WESTERN ASIA PREPARATORY CONFERENCE FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY WORLD SUMMIT

TO BE HELD IN BEIRUT 4-6 FEBRUARY

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

ARAB BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO EXAMINE WTO AGREEMENTS IN BEIRUT WORKSHOP

ORGANIZED BY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA

Press Release
REC/96

TOURISM EXPERTS MEET TO PREVENT CHILD SEX TOURISM IN ASIA

Bangkok, 15 August (United Nations Information Services) -- Tourism industry trainers from ten Asian countries will meet in Bangkok to discuss ways to prevent child sex tourism through tourism industry training and human resource development from 22 to 23 August at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.

Press Release
REC/94

ESCAP/ITC TO CONDUCT 'MATCHMAKING' SEMINAR FOR DEVELOPMENT BANKS AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES

Meeting to Focus on Promoting Export-oriented Joint Ventures And Finding Appropriate Regional Partners for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises