SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ALTERNATIVE NAMES TO ONE ENTRY

IN AL-QAIDA SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 11 June 2003 the following alternative names to Abu Hamza al-Masri who appears in the Committee’s consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

1.        Mostafa Kamel Mostafa (variant: Mustafa Kamel Mustafa)

PRESS STATEMENT ON MIDDLE EAST BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on the Middle East delivered by Security Council President Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):

Having heard and discussed the briefing by Under-Secretary-General Kieran Prendergast on the situation in the Middle East, the Members of the Security Council expressed their serious concern at continuing and increasing violence in the region.

Security Council

4773^rd Meeting (AM)

IN BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS

URGES ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS TO STAY COURSE OF PEACE

Briefing the Security Council this morning on the situation in the Middle East, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast urged both Israelis and Palestinians to stay the course of peace, saying that violence only led down into the abyss.

UN AGENCIES WARN THAT FOOD AID NEEDS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA REMAIN SUBSTANTIAL

(Reissued as received.)

JOHANNESBURG/ROME, 13 June (FAO) -- Southern Africa still requires substantial food aid despite the fact that more food was produced in the region than during last year's severe food crisis, according to reports released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).

Note to Correspondents

CONFERENCE ON ‘THE NET WORLD ORDER’ IN NEW YORK, 18 - 19 JUNE

LUIS MORENO-OCAMPO, PROSECUTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT,

TO BE SWORN IN AT THE HAGUE 16 JUNE

THE HAGUE, 13 June (ICC) -- The first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, will be sworn in during a public session of the Court at the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace at The Hague on 16 June.  The ceremony will be presided over by Judge Philippe Kirsch and witnessed by the other judges of the Court.

PRESS ARRANGEMENTS FOR IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING, BEGINNING 16 JUNE

UNICRI AND ITALIAN GOVERNMENT IN DEFENCE OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN ANGOLA

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS, EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOIN FORCES TO CURB CORRUPTION

Hungary Presents UN Anti-Corruption Pilot Project to European Union Experts

(Reissued as received.)

‘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: