SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ‘GROUP OF EIGHT’, AFRICAN LEADERS

TO ADDRESS AFRICA’S FOOD SECURITY, HIV/AIDS CHALLENGES

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Group of Eight-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Dinner in Evian, France, on 1 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ‘GROUP OF EIGHT’ LEADERS TO SUPPORT ACTION TO ATTAIN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals at the Group of Eight Summit (afternoon working session) in Evian, France, on 1 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED ABOUT SITUATION IN MYANMAR, RENEWS CALL FOR DIALOGUE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY

The following statement on Myanmar was issued on 31 May by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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