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Repackaged pesticides sold in wine and whiskey bottles.

UN calls on governments to protect farm workers from killer pesticides

22 September 2004
With an estimated 1 million to 5 million cases of pesticide poisoning occurring every year, several thousand of them fatal and most of them in the developing world, United Nations agencies today called on national governments to better protect agricultural workers.

African countries reaffirm commitment to addressing population concerns – UN

11 June 2004
Representatives from African countries today reaffirmed their commitment to a global consensus on population and development forged a decade ago which favours empowering people over demographic targets, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reported.
A vet checks cattle for foot-and-mouth disease

Europe virtually free of foot-and-mouth disease – UN agriculture agency

10 June 2004
Europe is almost free of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease after a long history of devastating epidemics, but the continent’s livestock industry should remain vigilant against possible future outbreaks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.