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

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: