Press Release

AFTER LENGTHY CONSULTATIONS, STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION

REACH CONSENSUS ON TWO PROPOSALS ON APPLICATION OF KEY ARTICLE

Difference of Views on Handling General Issues, Administrative Concerns

Following lengthy consultations and breaking a diplomatic impasse, the Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea adopted two proposals by consensus, as it continued its fourteenth session today.

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Concluding Session of International Media Seminar Takes Up

Media’s Role in Quest for Middle East Peace

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

CULTIVATING CULTURE OF PEACE, RECONCILIATION THROUGH GRASSROOTS

INITIATIVES, SUBJECT OF MIDDLE EAST SEMINAR

Panel Weighs Ability of Civil Society to Influence

Political Leadership, Reset Public Opinion among Israelis and Palestinians

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

international media seminar reviews proposals for progress

in efforts towards middle east peace

Day-Long Discussion Highlights Different Approaches

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Note to Correspondents

Olympic Torch Relay Event at United Nations Headquarters on Saturday, 19 June

On Saturday, 19 June 2004, the United Nations, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations and the City of New York, will host a special event to mark the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Torch Relay and the Olympic Truce.

Decolonization committee adopts text concerning self-determination

progress in 11 islandterritories

The Special Committee on Decolonization this morning adopted a draft resolution on questions related to the decolonization of the Non-Self-Governing Territories of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.

UN Advisory Committee on Central Africa Security Questions

to hold 21st Ministerial Meeting 21 - 25 June

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGEON receiving ‘COMPANION OF O.R. TAMBO’ AWARD

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the awards ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa, today of the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo (delivered for him by Ibrahima Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region):

voices of israeli, palestinian majorities ready to compromise for peace

must be heard, says SECRETARY-GENERAL in message to beijing seminar

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, delivered by Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, in Beijing, 16 June: