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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Cheick Sidi Diarra, the new Permanent Representative of Mali to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

YOUNG ENVIRONMENTALISTS FROM ACROSS GLOBE MEET IN RUSSIA

TO AGREE ON ACTIONS FOR BETTER WORLD

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI/DUBNA, 11 June (UNEP) -- An elite group of young people will be converging on the Russian town of Dubna to share their passions for a greener, cleaner world and to draw up action plans for realizing an environmentally friendly future.

The Secretary-General travelled to Washington, D.C. in the morning of Wednesday, 11 June, where he met with United States Secretary of State Colin Powell for a private working lunch, at which they discussed the Middle East and Iraq, operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Myanmar.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’

SUICIDE BOMBING BY HAMAS IN JERUSALEM

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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JOSÉ ANTONIO OCAMPO OF COLOMBIA NEW

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of José Antonio Ocampo of Colombia as the new Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, succeeding Nitin Desai, effective 1 September 2003.   

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NIGEL FISHER OF CANADA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

OF UN OFFICE FOR PROJECT SERVICES

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Nigel Fisher of Canada as Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), at the Assistant Secretary-General level. 

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JANE HOLL LUTE OF UNITED STATES AS ASSISTANT

SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Jane Holl Lute of the United States as Assistant Secretary-General for Mission Support in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, effective 1 August 2003.

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

73^rd Meeting (AM)       

STATES PARTIES APPROVE FINANCIAL REGULATIONS FOR LAW OF SEA TRIBUNAL

Also Elect Meeting Vice-Presidents, Members of Credentials Committee

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAME OF INDIVIDUAL TO LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 10 June 2003 the following individual to its list (Al-Qaida section):

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):