TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JUNE 2003

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in June, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

UN STAFF REPOSITORY OF HUMANITY’S COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE, MORAL FORCE

SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON STAFF DAY

Following is the message of Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the General Assembly, on the occasion of United Nations Staff Day, observed 30 May:

UNITED NATIONS COMMODITY TRADE DATABASE GOES PUBLIC

Over 700 Million Trade Records,

Covering 40 Years, Now Accessible Online

‘WE CAN HONOUR LOST COLLEAGUES BY DOING OUR BEST TO TRANSLATE UNITED NATIONS GOALS

INTO REALITY’, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN STAFF DAY MESSAGE

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered, by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette, at the memorial ceremony on Staff Day in New York:

ERITREA:  CEREAL AND LEGUME SEEDS TO SAVE 2003 CROP

New FAO Project Helps Drought-Affected Farmers

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 30 May (FAO) –- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is helping Eritrean farmers restore their productive capacity through the distribution of cereal and legume seeds for the 2003 cropping season.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZES FOR 2001, 1988 TO BE USED FOR MEMORIAL FUND,

MEMORIAL AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

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

You will recall that in 2001, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Secretary-General and the United Nations.  The amount of the Prize totalled

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’ AT HOSTILITIES’ IMPACT

ON CIVILIANS IN ACEH, INDONESIA

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

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the impact of the renewed hostilities on civilian populations in Aceh, Indonesia.  In particular, he is disturbed by reports of extrajudicial killings and widespread burning of schools.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REGIONAL LEADERS’ SUPPORT FOR HIS EFFORTS

TO ACHIEVE SOLUTION TO COLOMBIA’S CONFLICT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES SUPPORT FOR PLANNED UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the third Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, 29-31 May, delivered by Dileep Nair, Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, in Seoul, Republic of Korea:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT PRAISES DEDICATION, COURAGE, VISION

OF UN PEACEKEEPERS ON FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message of Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the Fifty-seventh Session of the United Nations General Assembly, on the first International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, observed 29 May: