LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WINAI PHATTIYAKUL APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

OF UN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Lieutenant-General Winai Phattiyakul as Force Commander of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, to succeed Lieutenant-General BoonsrangNiumpradit who will relinquish the command on 31 August.

Security Council

4356^th Meeting (PM)

Security Council

4355^th Meeting (AM & PM)

IN WAKE OF ASSEMBLY CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS, SECURITY COUNCIL

EXAMINES ITS ROLE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION PROGRAMME

Secretary-General Expresses Concern

Over Lack of Binding Norms for Small Arms, Light Weapons

CORRECTION

UN LOOKS FORWARD TO RECEIVING NEW CAMBODIAN LAW ON KHMER ROUGE TRIALS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPOKESMAN STATES

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has noted that His Majesty, King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, signed the draft law on a special court to try Khmer Rouge leaders today, bringing the legislation into effect.

Biographical Note                                           SG/A/772/Rev.1*

Note to Correspondents

MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS FOR WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM,

DURBAN, 31 AUGUST – 7 SEPTEMBER

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO HOLD

TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION FROM 13 TO 31 AUGUST

Committee Scheduled to Consider Efforts of Senegal,

Syrian Arab Republic, Panama, Ukraine, Japan, Nepal, and Germany

(Reissued as received.)

ALARMED AT ESCALATING MID-EAST VIOLENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

ON ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON SIERRA LEONE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Sierra Leone by the President of the Security Council, Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia):

Security Council members heard a briefing by Assistant Secretary-General Annabi on the latest developments in Sierra Leone.

OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AT HEADQUARTERS TODAY