ECOSOC HOLDS PANEL ON EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS AND OTHER WIDESPREAD DISEASES

ON HUMANITARIAN RELIEF OPERATIONS

Panellists Stress That Prevention, Response to Disease Outbreak

Is Everyone’s Business And That Coordinated Relief Operations Save Lives

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON TRANSITION FROM RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT

Discusses Transitions in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka,

And Angola; Notes Lack of Focus on Natural Disasters

(Reissued as received.)

UN SYSTEM NEEDS PAY, BENEFITS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVED PERFORMANCE,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the International Civil Service Commission in New York today:

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the United Nations for the fifty-seventh session of the International Civil Service Commission.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

622^nd & 623^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

ECUADOR’S GENDER EQUALITY MECHANISMS NEED REAL POWER TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE RESULTS,

SAY EXPERTS IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Biographical Note                                            SG/A/848/Rev.1*

Security Council

4786^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF MULTINATIONAL STABILIZATION FORCE

IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FOR ANOTHER YEAR

Resolution 1491 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the multinational stabilization force (SFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 12 months.

WORLD POPULATION DAY 2003:  ‘ONE BILLION ADOLESCENTS:

THE RIGHT TO HEALTH, INFORMATION AND SERVICES’

Round-up of Session

UN COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW CONCLUDES THIRTY-SIXTH

SESSION IN VIENNA, 30 JUNE - 11 JULY 2003

Adopts New Model Legislation on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC ENDORSES DECISION TO ESTABLISH WORLD SOLIDARITY FUND

TO ERADICATE POVERTY AND PROMOTE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Panel Held on Financing and Effectiveness of Humanitarian Assistance

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES;

MAKES RECOMMENDATION ON UNFPA PERSONNEL MATTERS

Begins Consideration of Special Economic,

Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance

(Reissued as received.)