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SC/7477-AFR/446
01/08/2002
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SC/7477
AFR/446


PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI, CONFLICT PREVENTION IN AFRICA

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is yesterday's statement to the press on informal consultations in the Security Council on Burundi and conflict prevention in Africa by Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom), President of the Security Council:

HR/4620
01/08/2002
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HR/4620


HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNED BY SCHEDULED EXECUTION

OF TWO JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN UNITED STATES


GENEVA, 1 August (UN Information Service) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson has expressed her deep concern at the scheduled executions in Texas of T.J. Jones and Toronto Patterson, respectively, on 8 and 28 August 2002 for crimes they committed when they were 17 years old.

SG/SM/8321
31/07/2002
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SG/SM/8321


SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MYANMAR TO REVISIT YANGON, 2 - 6 AUGUST


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


Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will return to Yangon from 2 to 6 August 2002 to help facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.

SG/SM/8320
31/07/2002
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SG/SM/8320


FOLLOWING HEBREW UNIVERSITY BOMB ATTACK, SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES

CONDEMNATION OF ‘ALL SUCH ATTACKS’ AGAINST CIVILIANS


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


The Secretary-General is appalled by today's bomb attack at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in which seven people were killed and more than

SC/7476
31/07/2002
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SC/7476


PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO-RWANDA AGREEMENT,

MIDDLE EAST BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is yesterday's statement to the press on the Democratic Republic of the Congo-Rwanda agreement and the Middle East by Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom), President of the Security Council:


Democratic Republic of Congo-Rwanda Agreement

ORG/1356
31/07/2002
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ORG/1356


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN AUGUST 2002


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


Meetings continued from previous month:


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