PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Liberia by Security Council President Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):

Security Council

4771^st Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS CYPRUS FORCE UNTIL 15 DECEMBER,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1486 (2003)

The Security Council this morning extended the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 15 December, noting the Government of Cyprus had agreed that its continued presence was necessary, in view of the prevailing conditions on the island.

A PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCE AGAINST HUNGER

(Reissued as received.)

TUMBA (SWEDEN)/ROME, 11 June (FAO) -- The private sector must become a driving force in an international alliance against hunger, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday, urging closer collaboration between business, governments and international organizations.

HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON CIVIL SOCIETY HOLDS FIRST MEETING

AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 2 - 3 JUNE

UNFPA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARRIVE IN BAGHDAD

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 11 June (UNFPA) –- A new shipment of emergency reproductive health supplies, intended to meet the urgent needs of Iraqi women, arrived in Baghdad on 9 June.  The supplies, provided by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), were dispatched on a UNFPA/United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) convoy that crossed the border from the Iranian city of Kermanshah.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPORT FROM MYANMAR ENVOY THAT DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI

IS UNINJURED; URGES HER RELEASE

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the report from his Special Envoy for Myanmar that he has seen Daw Aung San Suu Kyi today, and that she is uninjured and in good spirits.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SERIOUSLY CONCERNED BY ATTEMPTED

EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING BY ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCES

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

FUTURE FOR MILLIONS OF YOUNG REFUGEES JEOPARDIZED BY WAR, HATRED, EXILE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan for World Refugee Day, observed 20 June:

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

72^nd Meeting (AM)       

PRIORITIES FOR SEABED AUTHORITY ARE DEVELOPMENT OF REGULATIONS FOR SEABED

MINERALS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, STATES PARTIES TOLD

Concerns Expressed Regarding Tribunal’s Budget, Tax Reimbursement for Staff

Security Council

4770^th Meeting* (AM)

KOSOVO PROGRESS SIGNIFICANT, BUT ACHIEVING FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT, MINORITY

PARTICIPATION, REFUGEE RETURNS STILL CHALLENGES, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Assistant Secretary-General Says 4 June Murder