Security Council

4776^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, REACTING TO GUINEA-BISSAU’S FRAGILE POLITICAL SITUATION,

URGES PURPOSEFUL EFFORT TO PUT PEACE-BUILDING AGENDA ‘BACK ON TRACK’

Presidential Statement Appeals for Credible Elections, without Violence;

GLOBAL INFORMATION AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

‘Foodcrops and Shortages’ to Be Published Today

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 19 June (Food and Agriculture Organization) -– FAO’s “Foodcrops and Shortages” will be published on the FAO Web site at 12 noon CET, Thursday, 19 June.

Note to Correspondents

UNITED NATIONS PUBLIC SERVICE DAY TO BE INAUGURATED ON 23 JUNE

An international day to commend and to encourage exemplary public service will be marked for the first time on 23 June at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN REFUGEE DAY MESSAGE, SALUTES COURAGE

OF DISPLACED ‘AS THEY STRIVE TOWARDS BETTER LIVES’

Following is the message from Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the General Assembly, on World Refugee Day, observed 20 June:

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

272^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE VOICES SUPPORT FOR CONVENTION

ON RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

A vast majority of speakers expressed support for drafting a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities during the session of the General Assembly committee established to consider such a convention, which opened on 16 June at United Nations Headquarters.

UNIDO NAMED FIFTH CORE AGENCY OF GLOBAL COMPACT

Number of Companies Participating Now

Exceeds 1,000 -- Many Are Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

(Delayed in transmission.)

NEW YORK, 6 June (Office of the Global Compact) -- The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has been named the fifth United Nations core agency of the Global Compact, responsible for small- and medium-sized enterprises engaged in the initiative.

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES CONFERENCE TO MEET, 23-27 JUNE

The first session of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee for the Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and the Donor Community on Transit Transport will take place at Headquarters from 23 to 27 June.

DECLINE OF OPIUM CULTIVATION IN ‘GOLDEN TRIANGLE’

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME LAUNCHES RADIO CAMPAIGN

‘LET’S TALK ABOUT DRUGS’

(Reissued as received.)