BOARD OF VOLUNTARY FUND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TECHNICAL COOPERATION

TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 8 TO 11 JUNE

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GENEVA, 4 June (UN Information Service) -- Helping countries that want to help themselves:  that is the goal of the Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, which will meet in Geneva from 8 to 11 June 2004.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

Biographical Note                                          

SATYA N. NANDAN RE-ELECTED AS SECRETARY-GENERAL OF INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY

Un emergency coordinator says $80-$100 MILLION STILL needed

FOR DARFUR, following geneva donors meeting

Geneva, 4 June (OCHA) -- Yesterday, the United Nations and key humanitarian organizations met with representatives of 36 countries, including the Government of the Sudan, and representatives of the African Union, European Union, and the League of Arab States.

Secretary-General condemns murder of five aid workers in Afghanistan

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

The Secretary-General was distressed and angered to learn of the cold-blooded killing yesterday of five staff of Médecins sans Frontières on the road between Khairkhana and Qala-I-Naw, Badghis province, Afghanistan.

Secretary-General DISMAYED BY VIOLENT ANTI-UN DEMONSTRATIONS

IN Democratic Republic of Congo

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

The Secretary-General is dismayed and deeply concerned at the news of violent demonstrations against the

ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF REPORT; POSTPONES

ACTION ON seabed AUTHORITY’S BUDGET TO TOMORROW

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KINGSTON, 2 June (International Seabed Authority) -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, on the eve of its final Kingston session, this afternoon completed consideration of the report of Secretary-General

Satya N. Nandan, deferring action on the Authority’s budget to enable one delegation to consult its Government.

COUNCIL PROPOSES SATYA NANDAN, CHARLES D’AWOL AS CANDIDATES

FOR ELECTION AS seabed AUTHORITY’S SECRETARY-GENERAL

Adopts Authority’s Budget as It Concludes 2004 Session

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