SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS RAMIRO ARMANDO DE OLIVEIRA LOPES DA SILVA

OF PORTUGAL AS NEW HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR IN IRAQ

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to appoint Ramiro Armando de OliveiraLopes da Silva of Portugal as the new United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq.  Mr. Lopes da Silva will succeed Tun Myat, who was recently appointed United Nations Security Coordinator. 

Biographical Note

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ARAB BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO EXAMINE WTO AGREEMENTS IN BEIRUT WORKSHOP

ORGANIZED BY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JUNE 2002

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in June, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

EUROPEAN UNION PRESENTS 16 INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION

OF KYOTO PROTOCOL TO UNITED NATIONS

SPEAKERS AT PREPARATORY MEETING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

REPORT ON PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Denied Accreditation

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Background Release

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HOLDS 27TH SESSION

IN NEW YORK, 3 - 21 JUNE

Will Review Reports of Eight States Parties

NEW YORK, 30 May (Division for Advancement of Women) -- The twenty-seventh session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 3 to 21 June 2002.

Security Council

4546^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS FORCE MONITORING ISRAEL-SYRIA DISENGAGEMENT

UNTIL 31 DECEMBER, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1415 (2002)

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for another seven months, until 31 December 2002.

UN INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH, INTEL CORPORATION PARTNERS

IN INITIATIVE TO BRIDGE DIGITAL DIVIDE

Committee on NGOs

23^rd and 24^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CONCLUDES TWO-WEEK SESSION;

RECOMMENDS 93 GROUPS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECOSOC