FOURTH MEETING OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS

ON OCEANS AND LAW OF SEA, MEETS 2 – 6 JUNE

To Focus on Protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems, Safety of Navigation

CHIEF PROSECUTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TO BE SWORN IN ON 16 JUNE

(Reissued as received.)

THE HAGUE, 23 May (ICJ) – On 16 June, in an open session of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the elected Chief Prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo (Argentina), will be sworn in.  The session is to be held in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace, in The Hague.  It will commence at 2 p.m., lasting until approximately 4 p.m.

Special Committee on

Decolonization

3^rd Meeting (AM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CALLS ON ADMINISTERING POWERS

TO RECEIVE UNITED NATIONS VISITING MISSIONS

Adopts Three Resolutions; Also Highlights Importance of Wide

RICH COUNTRIES SEE HIGHER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Upward Trend Set to Continue

(Reissued as received.)

      BONN, 3 June (Framework Convention on Climate Change-Secretariat) –- A new report confirms that the developed world, which stabilized its emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases during the 1990s, is likely to see these emissions rise by the end of the current decade.

THIRD SESSION OF GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON TRACING

ILLICIT SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS BEGINS WORK

NEW YORK, 2 June (UN Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The third and last session of the Group of Governmental Experts on Tracing Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons commenced today at United Nations Headquarters in New York, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Rakesh Sood, Permanent Representative of India to the Conference on Disarmament.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA, OPPOSITION

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

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN JUNE

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for June:

Security Council

Security Council

4766^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS PEACE, SECURITY ISSUES AFFECTING AFRICA

IN ADVANCE OF UPCOMING MISSIONS TO CONTINENT

Security Council

4765^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council

4764^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES INTERIM FORCE IN BUNIA,

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UNTIL 1 SEPTEMBER

Resolution 1484 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this morning authorized the establishment until 1 September of an Interim Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with authorization to take all necessary measures to fulfil its mandate.