Press Release

LOCUST SWARMS INVADE WEST AFRICA

Extremely Critical Situation in North-West Africa --

International Assistance Urgently Needed to Avoid Locust Plague

(Reissued as received.)

seoulpeacepark magnificent reaffirmation of ideals shared by un, people

of korea, says Secretary-General in message to ground-breaking ceremony

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the ground-breaking ceremony of the United Nations Peace Park and NGO Complex, delivered by Under-Secretary-General Joseph Verner Reed, in Seoul, 2 July:

Ad Hoc Committee on Assembly                               

 Resolution 51/210                                         

COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS OF $380.5 MILLION AT FIFTY-SECOND SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 2 July (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the presidency of Ambassador Michael Steiner (Germany), has concluded its fifty-second session today and approved awards of $380,532,962.70 for compensation.

Economic and Social Council

2004 Substantive Session

24^th & 25^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES –- GENDER MAINSTREAMING, PROMOTING WOMEN’S

EMPOWERMENT -- NEEDED TO ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY, ECOSOC TOLD

Reviews System-Wide Effort To Mainstream

Gender Perspective into UN Policies, Programmes

UN REPORTS SLOW PROGRESS IN LIBERIA RECONSTRUCTION

NEW YORK, 2 July (OCHA) -- Slow progress in Liberia’s reconstruction is due to the failure of donors to contribute the $540 million they pledged at a donors’ conference in New York in February 2004, according to the United Nations.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY DEATH OF SIR RICHARD MAY,

FORMER JUDGE ON INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

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

The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the death early this morning of Sir Richard May, former judge of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

SECRETARY-GENERAL urges respect for ceasefire as colombia peace talks open

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN JULY

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for July:

Security Council

rome meeting debates strategies for managing fleet capacities,

combating illegal fishing

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 1 July (FAO) -- Eighty-four Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) members have concluded a four-day meeting on how to strengthen international cooperation on managing fishing capacity and combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.