CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES SECOND PART OF 2002 SESSION

Russian Federation, China Present Joint Working Paper on Prevention

Of Deployment of Weapons in Outer Space; Germany Assumes Presidency of Conference

(Reissued as received.)

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Security Council

4559^th Meeting (AM)

PEACEKEEPING UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON KOSOVO;

SAYS KOSOVO SERBS NAMED TO MINISTERIAL POSITIONS, COMPLETING GOVERNMENT

Also Addresses Municipal Elections, Rule of Law, Refugee Returns

UNITED STATES, PALESTINIAN VISIONS OF MIDDLE EAST PEACE HAVE MANY COMMON POINTS,

AFRICAN MEETING ON PALESTINIAN RIGHTS TOLD

Participants Address Key Issues, Including

Suicide Bombings, Military Actions, Occupation of Territory

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

AFRICAN NGO WORKSHOP ON PALESTINE QUESTION MEETS IN MOROCCO

RABAT, Morocco, 26 June (UN Information Service) –- The Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Papa Luis Fall, in an address to the United Nations Workshop of African non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the question of Palestine this morning, called for more intensified efforts by civil society organizations in support of the Palestinian people.

Special Committee on

Decolonization

10^th Meeting (AM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE APPROVES THREE TEXTS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS,

NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN TERRITORIES

Concluding Current Session, Committee Also Approves Mission to Tokelau

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Robert Guba Aisi, the new Permanent Representative of Papua New Guinea to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 25 June.

On Friday, 21 June, Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Illinois where, that evening, he delivered the keynote address at Northwestern University’s 144^th commencement ceremonies in Evanston, just outside of Chicago.

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO TANZANIAN PEOPLE,

GOVERNMENT AFTER YESTERDAY’S TRAIN DISASTER

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ‘WIDEST POSSIBLE USE’ OF COOPERATIVE EXPERIENCE

IN SERVICE OF GLOBAL COMMUNITY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annanon the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives, 6 July: