CHILDREN’S SPECIAL SESSION IN SEPTEMBER TO CAP YEAR OF MAJOR UN CONFERENCES

A Fitting Finale Will Focus on ‘Changing the World with Children’

TRANSPARENCY IN MILITARY MATTERS GROWS

ASIAN-PACIFIC REGION MEETING:  EVOLUTION OF SCOPE OF SECURITY,

DISARMAMENT IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

NEW YORK, 30 July (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- A United Nations Conference will examine the scope of security and disarmament in the Asian and Pacific region in the coming years in Kanazawa, Japan, from 28 to 31 August.

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN AUGUST

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for August:

Security Council

Security Council

4352^nd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL REQUESTS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ESTABLISH MECHANISM

FOR MONITORING SANCTIONS AGAINST TALIBAN

Unanimously Adopts Resolution 1363 (2001)

Security Council

4351^st Meetings (AM & PM)

LIBRARIES IN CHINA, INDIA AND UNITED STATES DESIGNATED

UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION

Issues Final Conclusions and Recommendations on Reportsof Netherlands,

Czech Republic, Monaco, Guatemala and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

(Reissued as received.)

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS FIFTY-NINTH SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 30 July (UN Information Service) -- The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning started its summer session by adopting its agenda and programme of work.

Most of the Committee's morning session was devoted to discussion on a study written by a Canadian academician on the functioning of United Nations treaty bodies.

SUBCOMMISSION ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

OPENS FIFTY-THIRD SESSION

Hears Address by High Commissioner

for Human Rights; David Weissbrodt Elected Chairman

(Reissued as received.)