Security Council

5205^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MANDATE OF UN DISENGAGEMENT OBSERVER FORCE

UNTIL 31 DECEMBER, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1605 (2005)

In Complementary Presidential Statement, Council Reiterates that Middle East

Situation Is Likely to Remain Very Tense Unless Comprehensive Settlement Is Reached

POST-TSUNAMI ASSESSMENT DELIVERS ROAD MAP FOR SRI LANKA’S SUSTAINABLE RECONSTRUCTION

(Reissued as received.)

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 17 June (UNEP) -- More than 15,000 wells have been made unusable and over 500 million kilograms of rubble generated in Sri Lanka as a result of the Indian Ocean tsunami.

UNEP POST-TSUNAMI ASSESSMENT FINDS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN MALDIVES

(Reissued as received.)

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 17 June (UNEP) -- A report issued by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today found that the Indian Ocean tsunami caused a number of significant impacts on the Maldives environment.

RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS FOR RELEASE OF DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI,

 

ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS IN MYANMAR

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 17 June (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Myanmar, and Independent Expert for the United Nations Secretary-General’s global study on violence against children:

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Paris on Monday morning, 13 June 2005.

COMMISSION INVESTIGATING HARIRI KILLING FULLY OPERATIONAL,

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL INFORMS SECURITY COUNCIL

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT BRINGING MORE SUNNIS

 

INTO COMMITTEE DRAFTING IRAQ’S CONSTITUTION

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

86^th & 87^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Opening fifteenth meeting, states parties to law of sea convention

 

welcome three new states -- Burkina faso, denmark, latvia

Meeting Considers Budgetary Issues, Work of International

Tribunal, Seabed Authority, Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf

Security Council

5204^th Meeting (PM)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON IRAQ,

 

SAYS MANY BELIEVE POLITICAL TRANSITION AT ‘DECISIVE PHASE’

 

Highlights Agreement Reached Today to Include

More Sunni Arabs in Committee Drafting Constitution

ITU LAUNCHES NEW DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE TO BRIDGE DIGITAL DIVIDE

Partnership Will Be Key to Connecting Communities

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 16 June (ITU) — The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) today launched a major new development drive designed to bring access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) to the estimated 1 billion people worldwide for whom making a simple telephone call remains out of reach.