Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

257^th Meeting (AM)

INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE MUST BE INTENSIFIED TO END SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE

IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS

CORRECTION

On page 5 of Press Release GA/PAL/872 of 25 July, the correct name of Libya’s representative should read ISA BABAA.

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ECOSOC ADJOURNS SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

Adopts Resolutions on Genetic Privacy, Colonial Peoples,

HIV/AIDS, Tourism Ethics, Disaster Reduction, Other Topics

(Reissued as received.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Rome in the late afternoon of Thursday 19 July.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Switzerland on Friday, 13 July 2001.

PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Burundi by the President of the Security Council, Wang Yingfan (China):

Members of the Security Council were briefed by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast.

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

257^th Meeting (AM)

INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE MUST BE INTENSIFIED TO END SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE

IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS

Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

109^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZES SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ESTABLISH MONITORS FOR FIJI ELECTIONS

As part of the effort to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies, the General Assembly this morning authorized the Secretary-General to establish the United Nations Electoral Observer Mission to monitor general elections and the immediate post-election environment in Fiji.  

ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS, DECISIONS ON SOCIAL, HUMAN RIGHTS,

ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Approves Resolution on Economic and Social Repercussions

of Israeli Occupation on Palestinians and Population in Golan Heights

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC TAKES UP ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

(Reissued as received.)

TIGHTER CONTROLS SOUGHT FOR NEW OZONE-DESTROYING CHEMICALS

(Reissued as received.)

MONTREAL/NAIROBI, 24 July (UNEP) -- Experts and diplomats from the

178 countries that are Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer are meeting in Montreal from 24 to 26 July to review options for further tightening the international regime for protecting the stratospheric ozone layer.