UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS

OF $4.9 BILLION FOR COMPENSATION

(Reissued as received.)

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

10^th & 11^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COUNCIL ADOPTS MINISTERIAL DECLARATION CALLING EDUCATION, HEALTH

CRUCIAL TO HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

                                                            PAL/1921

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NOT TO BE REOPENED OR REDEFINED, ECONOMIC

AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD, AS HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE CONTINUES

Lack of Resources at Country Level

Key Barrier to Achieving Development Goals

UNEP WELCOMES EUROPEAN UNION RATIFICATION OF BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL

NAIROBI, 28 June (UNEP) - An international agreement called the Cartagena Protocol, designed to help countries assess the risks and benefits of genetically modified organisms, has been given a boost after a decision by the European Union to ratify it.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES WINNERS OF ANNUAL UN POPULATION AWARD

FOR ‘OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR WORLD’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian Sorensen, to the United Nations Population Awards Ceremony in New York on 1 July:

WORLD CANNOT AFFORD SECURITY COUNCIL’S DEEP DIVIDE ON SUCH IMPORTANT ISSUE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON FAILURE TO EXTEND BOSNIA MISSION

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on 30 June concerning the non-extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH):

GLOBALIZING WORLD OFFERS UNPARALLELED OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE GREATER EQUITY

THROUGH SUSTAINED, BALANCED GROWTH, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Address to ECOSOCFocuses on Importance of Needs

Of Africa, Girls’ Education, Sustainable Development, Health Issues

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the High-level segment of the Economic and Social Council today:

‘THERE MUST BE NO RELENTING’ IN FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

AS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ROME STATUTE COMES INTO FORCE

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1 July:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN JULY

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for July:

Security Council