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FAO News and Highlights 1999 AIDS: Not just a health issue (28 December 1999) A view from space helps Azerbaijan plan for the future (8 December 1999) Thousands move to Caribbean beat at TeleFood '99 concert in Jamaica (3 December 1999) A pioneer project gives independence and hope to rural disabled in Thailand (3 December 1999) Agriculture: a major item on the agenda at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Seattle (30 November 1999) FAO Conference ends, membership reaches 180 (29 November 1999) Conference sets FAO's 2000-2001 budget at US$650 million (19 November 1999) FAO Conference continues: Director-General re-elected, new member countries welcomed (15 November 1999) The State of Food and Agriculture 1999: Hunger declining, but unevenly (15 November 1999) Dr Jacques Diouf wins second six-year term as Director-General of FAO (13 November 1999) FAO Conference begins: Election of Director-General and 2000-2001 budget on the agenda (12 November 1999) Starting over: FAO emergency programme helps Kosovar farmers rebuild their lives (4 November 1999) FAO and UNAIDS: Working together to fight AIDS (26 October 1999) World Food Day: FAO Ambassadors to spread Food for All message (15 October 1999) Putting a face on world hunger: New FAO report assesses food insecurity (14 October 1999) High-level consultation calls for better information on women's role in agriculture (11 October 1999) FAO symposium in Geneva links agricultural trade to food security (7 October 1999) Putting a CAP on the tropical Bont tick (6 October 1999) Raising the visibility of women farmers: High-level consultation takes place in Rome (1 October 1999) FAO Symposium on trade, agriculture and food security opens in Geneva (22 September 1999) "Cultivating Our Futures": FAO/Netherlands Conference Gets Under Way (10 September 1999) Communication for Development Group works to get the message across (9 September 1999) Ornamental aquatic life: what's FAO got to do with it? (1 September 1999) Locust alert in Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation (2 August 1999) Funds urgently needed for assistance programmes in Kosovo, Albania and Macedonia (29 July 1999) Rotterdam Convention gains momentum at Rome Conference (27 July 1999) Codex meeting passes new international standards for food safety (9 July 1999) FAO/WHO commission to set guidelines for organic foods (28 June 1999) USAID helps clean up pesticides in Ethiopia (23 June 1999) Facing the challenges of the World Food Summit (15 June 1999) Sahelian farmer representatives visit Italy (14 June 1999) FAO urges better control of animal feed contamination (10 June 1999) Asian cotton farmers to learn integrated pest management (9 June 1999) How much to rid the world of rinderpest? (8 June 1999) Support planned for Albanian families hosting Kosovar refugees (4 June 1999) Safeguarding farm animal genetic resources for food security (1 June 1999) The value of indigenous animal breeds (1 June 1999) Chinese Web site tracks animal diversity (1 June 1999) Countries agree to establish a multilateral system for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (26 May 1999) Cleaning up the pesticides nobody wants (24 May 1999) Global rice production looks good for 1999 (20 May 1999) FAO launches international appeals for poor farming families in Albania and Macedonia (4 May 1999) "Youth against Hunger" is the theme for annual celebrations at FAO (3 May 1999) The Millenium Bug threatens food supply systems - developing countries are also vulnerable, FAO warns (19 April 1999) Tough prevention measures are needed in CIS to halt the spread of animal disease (8 April 1999) Weather-wise farmers could their improve yields (29 March 1999) Field reports show steady progress under the Special Programme for Food Security (29 March 1999) On World Water Day, FAO calls for irrigation for small farmers (22 March 1999) Group promoters worldwide turn to FAO manual (11 March 1999) FAO launches new website to celebrate International Women's Day (8 March 1999) Kandy accord affirms commitment to eradication of rinderpest from Asia (3 March 1999) Countries taking action to save world's declining forests, according to report (1 March 1999) State of fisheries and aquaculture review on meeting agenda (15 February 1999) Meeting gives FAO go-ahead for new fields of work (11 February 1999) New avenues for agriculture in the third millennium (22 January 1999) Countries hit by Hurricane "Mitch" on long road to recovery (22 January 1999)  FAO coordinates agricultural relief network in Burundi (22 January 1999)  Breeding rabbits for food and income (12 January 1999)