Security Council

4551^st Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS CYPRUS FORCE UNTIL 15 DECEMBER,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1416 (2002)

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for a further six months, until 15 December 2002.

FIFTY-SIX COUNTRIES SIGN INTERNATIONAL TREATY CRUCIAL TO FOOD SECURITY

ROME, 13 June (Food and Agriculture Organization) -- The World Food Summit: five years later is ending with positive results for food security and sustainable development, as 43 new signatories to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, bring the total number of signatories to 56, including 35 developing countries and 20 developed countries, and the European Community.

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER THREATS TO GUATEMALAN RIGHTS

DEFENDERS, CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT ACTION

GENEVA, 12 June (UN Information Service) -- Hina Jilani, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders, issued the following statement on 12 June:

UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT TO VISIT

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

561^st and 562^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE COMMENDS DENMARK’S ACHIEVEMENTS IN IMPLEMENTATION

OF WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

The Secretary-General departed Geneva on Sunday, 9 June.  He arrived in Rome in the late afternoon, where he met immediately with James Morris, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP).

SPREAD OF TERRORISM THREAT TO VERY FOUNDATIONS OF UNITED NATIONS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO LISBON ANTI-TERRORISM MEETING

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Danilo Turk, to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) High-level Conference on Preventing and Combating Terrorism in Lisbon, Portugal, on 12 June:

                                                            SG/SM/8263*

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES MOUSTAPHA NIASSE (SENEGAL) SPECIAL ENVOY TO FACILITATE

AGREEMENT ON POWER SHARING DURING TRANSITION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Secretary-General Kofi Annan left Moscow on Thursday morning, 6 June, and flew to Geneva, arriving at midday.