‘DESERTIFICATION IS BOTH A CAUSE AND A CONSEQUENCE OF POVERTY’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2003:

IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES CONCERNS

OVER EXTENDING UN PEACEKEEPERS’ IMMUNITY FROM ICC ACTION

Following is the text of a statement, as delivered today, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council:

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

74^th & 75^th Meetings (AM & PM)      

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ISSUES GUIDELINES TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS, ENTITIES

WHOSE FINANCIAL ASSETS SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENT FUND

The Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait on 11 June 2003 adopted the following guidelines for the application of paragraphs 19 and 23 of resolution 1483 (2003).

Security Council

4772^nd Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL REQUESTS ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF UN PEACEKEEPER

IMMUNITY FROM INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Adopts Resolution 1487 (2003) by 12-0-3 (France, Germany, Syria);

Secretary-General Says Continued Annual Adoption Could Undermine Court, Council

Special Committee on

Decolonization

7^th Meeting (AM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE WELCOMES ‘SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS’ IN NEW CALEDONIA;

URGES ALL PARTIES TO MAINTAIN DIALOGUE

Committee Also Hears Petitioners

From United States Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Cayman Islands

EXPERTS MEETING ON 10-YEAR PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION, PRODUCTION

TO BE HELD IN MARRAKECH, 16 – 19 JUNE

NEW YORK, 12 June -- Over 100 participants from about 70 countries will meet on Monday in Marrakech, Morocco, to take the first steps towards implementing one of the key commitments made by world leaders at the 2002 Johannesburg Summit:  to develop a 10-year framework of programmes for sustainable consumption and production.

GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS TO CONSIDER DRAFT PROPOSAL

FOR INSTRUMENT ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ARMENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Armen Martirosian, the new Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ARMENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Armen Martirosian, the new Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.