HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE LAUNCHES FRENCH WEB SITE INFORMATION NETWORK

IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, CENTRAL ASIA

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION

IN GENEVA 8-26 JULY

Reports of New Zealand, Viet Nam, Gambia,

Yemen and Republic of Moldova to Be Examined

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

12^th & 13^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OPENS OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES SEGMENT

WITH FOCUS ON ‘CAPACITY-BUILDING’ IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

High-Level Policy Exchange with Heads of UN Agencies

Stresses Partnership, Improved Coordination of Development Efforts

STATE OF AFRICA’S ENVIRONMENT CHRONICLED IN GROUND-BREAKING REPORT

KAMPALA/NAIROBI, 4 July (UNEP) -- Sharp increases in air and water pollution, land degradation, droughts and wildlife losses are facing Africa unless urgent action is taken to deliver environmentally-friendly development for its citizens, a report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says.

SECOND INTER-AGENCY ANTI-CORRUPTION COORDINATION MEETING CONCLUDES IN VIENNA

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DISSIDENT FORCES, LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW

HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED

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

Roundup

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF AGREES

ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Recommendations Follow Russian Submission

On Proposed Outer Limits of Its Continental Shelf

Security Council

4566^th* Meeting (Night)

COUNCIL EXTENDS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MANDATE UNTIL 15 JULY

The Security Council this evening extended until 15 July the current mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), which was originally due to expire on 21 June.

                                                            Note No. 5736

Preparatory Commission for

International Criminal Court

39^th & 40^th Meetings (AM & PM)

PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’

AT SECURITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING COURT AND PEACEKEEPING