Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

109^th Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO

AS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

35^th and 36^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSIDERS ISSUES CRITICAL TO DEVELOPMENT

-- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, GLOBAL TAX COOPERATION, TOURISM

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SLOVENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Roman Kirn, the new Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 22 July.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GEORGIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Revaz Adamia, the new Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations, presented his credentials on 22 July to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF YEMEN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Abdullah M. Al-Saidi, the new Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations, presented his credentials on 22 July to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BOTSWANA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Alfred Uyapo Majaye Dube, the new Permanent Representative of Botswana to the United Nations, presented his credentials on 22 July to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

DEPLORING ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN GAZA, SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES

CONCERN OVER ‘POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES’ OF ACT

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

The Secretary-General deplores the Israeli air attack that took place late tonight in the Gaza Strip, reportedly leaving 10 persons dead and more than

100 injured, including women and children.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISAPPOINTED AT LACK OF PROGRESS IN LATEST SESSION,

WARNS THAT ‘CREDIBILITY OF ICSC IS AT STAKE’

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifty-fifth session of the International Civil Service Commission, New York, 22 July:

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the United Nations for the fifty-fifth session of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC).

22/07/2002

Press Release SG/SM/8314 AFR/439

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PROGRESS IN PEACE TALKS ON SUDAN CONFLICT

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the progress made in the peace talks on the conflict in the Sudan, which have been taking place in Machakos, Kenya, under the auspices of the Sudan Peace Committee of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).

22/07/2002

Press Release SC/7459

Security Council

4580^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS EXPERT PANEL TO STUDY

VIOLATIONS OF SOMALIA ARMS EMBARGO

The Security Council recommended today that a three-member panel of experts be set up to gather information on violations of the 1992 arms embargo on Somalia, with a view to strengthening it.