SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW UN SPECIAL ENVOY TO HORN

OF AFRICA AS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS DEEPENS

In response to the severe drought which has devastated large parts of both Ethiopia and Eritrea, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has announced the appointment of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari as his Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa. 

Security Council

4775^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS REPORT ON MISSION TO CENTRAL AFRICA SUPPORTING

PEACE PROCESSES IN BURUNDI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The Security Council this morning heard an oral report on the Council’s mission to Central Africa in support of the peace processes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi.

CONFERENCE ON RIGHT TO FOOD AND COSTS OF HUNGER (20-21 JUNE 2003)

FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf Will Open Meeting

ROME, 18 June (FAO) -- In technical cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), an International Conference on the Right to Food and the Costs of Hunger will take place on 20 and 21 June 2003 at Sala di Porta Castello, via di Porta Castello 44, in Rome.

CERTAIN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN FRANCE (REPUBLIC OF CONGO V. FRANCE)

Court Rejects Request for Indication

Of Provisional Measure Submitted by Republic of Congo

(Reissued as received.)

Special Committee on

Decolonization

9^th Meeting (AM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE ADOPTS REPORT ON CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR,

TEXT ON UN AGENCY ASSISTANCE TO NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

The Special Committee on Decolonization this morning adopted the report of its Caribbean Regional Seminar, held at The Valley, Anguilla from 20 to 22 May.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

90^th Meeting* (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS PEACEKEEPING BUDGET OF $2.17 BILLION,

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CHILE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Heraldo Munoz, the new Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

NEW REPORT MAPS FISTULA IN AFRICA

Finds Hidden Condition Widespread

(Reissued as received.)

UNICEF AND UNODC JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 17 June (UN Information Service) -- On 12 June, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed a Joint Plan in which they pledged to join forces to combat trafficking in persons.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT

BY LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION GROUPS

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