SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS UN ASSISTANCE TO LAO GOVERNMENT

 

FOR RECENTLY RETURNED GROUP OF HMONG

 

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

NO COUNTRY -- RICH OR POOR -- IMMUNE TO CORRUPTION, PUBLIC GOOD ALWAYS SUFFERS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BRASILIA FORUM

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the fourth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, delivered by Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in Brasilia, 7 June:

Security Council press statement on Côte d’Ivoire

 

Following is the press statement on Côte d’Ivoire delivered by Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

The members of the Security Council heard a briefing by Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General, on the massacres that occurred in the region of Duékoué, in the West of Côte d’Ivoire.

Security Council

5197^th Meeting* (PM)

Security Council presidential statement condemns in strongest terms

 

2 june terrorist bombing that killed lebanese journalist

Says Samir Qassir Symbol of Political Independence, Freedom;

Assassination Pernicious Effort to Undermine Security, Stability

Security Council

5195^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR ‘AD LITEM’ JUDGE NOMINATIONS

FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TRIBUNAL UNTIL 7 JULY

 

With the number of candidates for ad litem judges for the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia still falling short of the minimum number required by the court’s Statute, the Security Council this morning extended the deadline for nominations until 7 July. 

UN PROJECT TO IMPROVE INFORMATION ON WORLD FISHERIES TRENDS

 

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 7 June (FAO) -- A new Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) project is helping countries around the world improve their monitoring of fishing activities, a step the Organization says is essential for better management of world fishery resources.

Special Committee on

Decolonization

4^th Meeting (AM)

GIBRALTAR PETITIONERS TELL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE

BETWEEN SPAIN, UK SHOULD NOT DISPLACE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION

Hears from Territory’s Chief Minister, Opposition Leader;

Spain’s Delegate Says Territorial Integrity Overriding Principle

DEPUTYSECRETARY-GENERAL, INMONTREAL UNIVERSITY ADDRESS, URGES

 

NEW GRADUATES TO ‘THINK AND ACT AS CITIZENS OF THE WORLD’

 

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

Following is the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the graduation ceremony of the University of Montreal, delivered 27 May:

ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIANS CAUSE NEW DISPLACEMENTS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

MONTREAL BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL CONFERENCE ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT ON SHIPPING

 

DOCUMENTATION RULES FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED COMMODITIES

 

(Reissued as received.)