GOOD PROGRESS MADE IN BALI ON NEGOTIATION OF OUTCOME DOCUMENT

FOR JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

BALI, 30 May -- As the final Preparatory Committee for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development continued its session today, government representatives focused their attention on the draft implementation programme to be adopted by the Summit this September in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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PRESS RELEASE BY SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED

PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 751 (1992)

At its nineteenth meeting, on 28 May 2002, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia exchanged views on enhancing effective implementation of the arms embargo.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA

The following press statement on the peace process between Ethiopia and Eritrea was delivered today by Security CouncilPresident Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore):

Members of the Council heard a briefing by the Secretariat on the peace process between Eritrea and Ethiopia.

LIBRARIES IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, CHINA DESIGNATED

UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

Committee on NGOs

21^st and 22^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE CLOSES FILE ON COMPLAINT AGAINST NEW HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH,

REQUESTS FURTHER REPORT ON FRANCE LIBERTÉS' STAND ON TIBET

Committee Also Examines Sudan-Sponsored Draft

On Establishing General Voluntary Trust Fund for UN NGO Network

WATER SHOULD BE AT TOP OF JOHANNESBURG AGENDA, PREPARATORY MEETING

FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE TOLD

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

BALI, 29 May -- Water should be put “at the top of the agenda in Johannesburg”, Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange of the Netherlands, said this morning as the fourth and final Preparatory Committee session for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development continued its work.

VIEWS EXPRESSED ON ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY, CAPACITY-BUILDING, PARTNERSHIPS,

AS MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE CONCLUDES

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

UN, WELCOMING COLOMBIA’S ELECTIONS, WILL EXAMINE ‘WITH CARE AND INTEREST’

PRESIDENT-ELECT’S PROPOSALS FOR UN ROLE IN NEW PEACE EFFORTS

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

The United Nations welcomes the fact that the Colombian people were able to exercise their right to vote on Sunday, 26 May 2002, and have acted decisively to elect the candidate of their choice.

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

211^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY CONSIDERS PROBLEM

OF NEW YORK CITY TAX DEMANDS ON LIBYAN MISSION

Also Discussed:  Travel Restrictions on Certain Diplomats,