ECOSOC DISCUSSES SITUATION IN ISRAELI-OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Debates Implementation of Declaration

On Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO WORLD CONFERENCES, SUMMITS,

REVITALIZATION OF WORK IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL FIELDS

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

TO VISIT COUNTRY FROM 19 JULY TO 2 AUGUST

GENEVA, 20 July (UN Information Service) -- The Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Roberto Garretón (Chile), will visit the country from 19 July to 2 August.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES CONFERENCE ON ‘IMPORTANT FIRST STEPS’

TO COMBAT SMALL-ARMS SCOURGE

      The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the conclusion of the Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms:

United Nations Conference on the

Illicit Trade in Small Arms

10^th Meeting and Round-up

SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE CONCLUDES WITH CONSENSUS ADOPTION OF ACTION PROGRAMME

Conference President, Calling Compromise Text ‘Significant Step Forward’,

Disappointed at Failure to Agree on Controls over Private Ownership, Transfers

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fifth Session

529^th Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S COMMITTEE SAYS ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN

SHOULD GIVE ATTENTION TO SITUATION OF GIRLS

Work Concluded on Reports from 8 Countries on Compliance

FINANCIAL SECTOR RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE –-

IMPATIENT WITH PACE OF POLITICAL PROCESS

BONN, 18 July (UNEP) -- The economics of major global industries will undergo a sea change as the international community starts to address greenhouse gas emissions, say members of the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Finance Initiatives.

UN SURVEY CONFIRMS CONTINUING DECREASE IN OPIUM POPPY CULTIVATION

IN LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Trend Said to Confirm Success of Global Drug Control

Plans Adopted by 1998 Special Session of General Assembly

SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS G-8 LEADERS FOR ‘EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESSION

OF SUPPORT’ IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a press event at the conference of G-8 Heads of State in Genoa, Italy:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 751 (1992)

CONCERNING SITUATION IN SOMALIA ADOPTS NEW CONSOLIDATED GUIDELINES

Following the adoption on 19 June 2001 of Security Council resolution

1356 (2001), the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution

751 (1992) concerning Somalia adopted on 20 July 2001 new consolidated guidelines for the conduct of its work.