FURTHER REFORMS ARE ESSENTIAL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE

TO ST. PETERSBURG ECONOMIC FORUM

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the

St. Petersburg Economic Forum, St. Petersburg, 18-22 June, delivered by Brigita Schmognerova, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Europe (ECE):

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Mikhail Wehbe (Syria), President of the Security Council:

Security Council

4555^th Meeting (AM)

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MISSION NEARING COMPLETION OF CORE MANDATE,

BUT INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT STILL NEEDED, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

UN Coordinator Says Political Commitment to State,

Committee on Inalienable Rights                              GA/PAL/890

Special Committee on

Decolonization

8^th Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION REITERATES CALL ON ARGENTINA, UNITED KINGDOM

TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS ON FALKLANDS/MALVINAS ISSUE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

60^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE, CONCLUDING SECOND RESUMED SESSION, RECOMMENDS

$2.6 BILLION FOR 12 PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS FOR 2002-2003

CORRECTION

On page 20 of Press Release GA/AB/3512 of 17 June, the statement by the representative of Japan should read, as follows:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PIVOTAL ROLE OF GOVERNMENT

IN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION

Following is the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to Carleton University, Ottawa, on 15 June:

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT PRESENTS REPORT

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GOODWILL AMBASSADORS

‘TO HELP US MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE’

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at today’s meeting with Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace:

Let me say how wonderful it is to see all of you in this room -- outstanding men and women from every region, from every faith, concerned about your fellow human being.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ACTS OF INTIMIDATION

AGAINST UN MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The following statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: