Security Council

4345^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL SETS 12 OCTOBER AS DATE FOR ELECTION

TO FILL VACANCY ON INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

The Security Council this afternoon set 12 October as the date for an election to fill a vacancy on the International Court of Justice which would occur from 30 September.

Ad Hoc Committee on Indian Ocean

448^th Meeting (PM)

INDIAN OCEAN COMMITTEE UNABLE TO REACH CONSENSUS ON IMPLEMENTATION

OF ‘ZONE OF PEACE’ RESOLUTION

ECOSOC SPEAKERS NOTE RECENT PROGRESS IN EFFORTS TO COORDINATE

OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

World Body Said To Be ‘Indispensable Partner’ for Poor Countries

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS TRIENNIAL COMPREHENSIVE

POLICY REVIEW OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS AGREED CONCLUSIONS ON UN ROLE

IN PROMOTING TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES DEBATE ON SHARING

KNOWLEDGE IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC PANEL DEBATES 'PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS

IN MEETING CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT'

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) continued the "coordination segment" of its annual substantive session this morning, by holding a panel discussion on the topic of "United Nations-private sector partnerships in meeting the challenges of development".

Background Release

CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS SET TO CONVENE AT HEADQUARTERS, 9 - 20 JULY

The United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects will be held at Headquarters from 9 to 20 July, to address the increasing threat to human security from the spread of small arms and light weapons and their illegal trade.

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR DRUG CONTROL NOTES SHARP REDUCTION

IN GLOBAL PRODUCTION OF OPIUM

Annual Report on Worldwide Trends, Issued at Request of General Assembly,

Aims to Aid Progress in Monitoring Supply and Demand Field of Illicit Drugs

(Reissued as received.)

SEABED AUTHORITY WORKSHOP SUGGESTS WAYS TO STANDARDIZE DATA

ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF DEEP-SEA MINERAL EXPLORATION

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)