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NGO Forum To Prepare for FAO Food Summit Cancelled

Rome, 10 October 2001 - Following a meeting held yesterday with high officials of FAO, the Italian Committee responsible for organizing the International NGO Forum was informed that the agreement had not yet been stipulated under which the Italian Government would contribute the resources for the organization of the FAO Summit.

Resort Proposed for Hunger Summit

The Associated Press Sept. 25, 2001

Global Campaign To Stop Child Labor: Multinationals Under Scrutiny

Brussels -- As part of its new global campaign to eliminate child labour, launched early this month, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and International Trade Secretariats (ITS) have pledged to pursue activities and urge multinational enterprises (MNE) to assume responsibility to stop child labour.

Agricultural Product Liability and GMOS

EU farmers liable for GM damage

Final Resolution from the Second Prepcom On Finance for Development

The International Conference on Financing for Development will be held in Mexico in 2002 at the highest political level including a summit, the concluding resolution of the second FfD Preparatory Committee recommended on Friday 23 February 2001. (Full text of the resolution is available on the FfD website : www.un.org/esa/ffd).

Annan: Poor Nations Must Set Development Priorities

Reuters / By Irwin Arieff UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Developing nations, whose needs are often brushed aside by investors, should play a greater role in setting policy and priorities in the financing of global development, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday.

The Global Compact: Business and the UN

International Herald Tribune January 25, 2001 When United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan addresses the World Economic Forum on Jan. 28, his speech will focus on the progress of the Global Compact. http://www.iht.com/articles/8676.html

U.N. Report Proposes Steps to Fight Global Poverty

The New York Times / By CHRISTOPHER S. WREN

Development: Seven Nations Threatened by Hunger and Food Shortages

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jan 9 (IPS) - The Rome-based World Food Programme (WFP) has identified seven countries threatened by severe food shortages this year: Sudan, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Angola, Afghanistan, North Korea and Colombia.

UN to Set Up Data Centre on Biosafety

Agence France Presse MONTPELLIER, France, Dec 15 (AFP) - A UN conference on biosafety ended here Friday with a preliminary agreement to set up a data centre to pool knowledge and information about genetically modified organisms.