Press Release

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS SIX INDIVIDUALS AND AMENDS THE ENTRY

OF ONE INDIVIDUAL IN THE AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 23 June 2004 approved the addition of the names of six individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

Security Council

4997^th Meeting* (AM)

FIFTY-SECOND SESSION OF UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 29 JUNE TO 1 JULY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 25 June (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its fifty-second session from 29 June to 1 July 2004 under the Presidency of Ambassador Michael Steiner (Germany).

international court to render advisory opinion in case

concerning wall in occupied palestinianterritories

(Reissued as received.)

United Nations bodies Meet to Make ‘Right to Housing’ Reality for asian citizens

(Reissued as received.)

REPORT ON STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE AFRICA’S AGRICULTURE,

FOOD SECURITY PRESENTED AT UN HEADQUARTERS

Protecting Pensions and The Planet’ -- New UNEP Report Pinpoints Necessity

of Environmental, Social Research to Protect Shareholder Value

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK/NAIROBI, 24 June (UNEP) -- In capital markets across the globe companies will see their share price suffer in the long term unless proper attention is paid to environmental and social issues, warns a group of the world’s most powerful financial institutions.

ADDRESSING BUSINESS LEADERS AT GLOBAL COMPACT SUMMIT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT VOLUNTARY INITIATIVES ‘CAN AND DO WORK’

Following is the text of closing remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Global Compact Leaders Summit today:

Let me start by thanking the four presenters for their wonderful and rich reports they have given us this afternoon.

Secretary-General promises continued un partnership to meet anti-poverty goals

in message to meeting of african, caribbean, pacificstates

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African, Caribbean, Pacific Group, delivered by K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa, in Maputo, 23 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL welcomes release of 100 moroccan prisoners of war

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the release by Frente POLISARIO of an additional 100 prisoners of war, who were repatriated on 23 June to the Kingdom of Morocco by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).