Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

164^th Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING STRESSES CONSULTATION WITH TROOP CONTRIBUTORS,

Special Committee on

Decolonization

4^th Meeting (AM)

GIBRALTAR LEADERS EXPRESS FRUSTRATION WITH SPECIAL COMMITTEE

OVER TERRITORY'S DECOLONIZATION PROCESS

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘HEINOUS’ TARGETING OF RELIEF FLIGHTS IN ANGOLA

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

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack in Angola on Friday

15 June against two World Food Programme-chartered planes, which were en route to Kuito with food supplies.  Fortunately, there were no casualties.

REFUGEES ‘ARE THE GREAT SURVIVORS OF OUR TIME’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN SALUTE TO WORLD REFUGEE DAY

Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Refugee Day, 20 June:

‘BOTH SIDES NEED HELP OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS PARIS MEDIA ENCOUNTER ON PALESTINE

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Media Encounter on the Question of Palestine delivered on his behalf by Shashi Tharoor, Interim Head of the Department of Public Information:

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ENCOUNTER ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE, PARIS, 18 JUNE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Afternoon Session

At the beginning of the afternoon meeting each of the morning panelists reacted to statements made in the morning session.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION –- INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ENCOUNTER

ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE, PARIS, 18 JUNE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Day One : Morning Session

Round-up

UN COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

CONCLUDES FORTY-FOURTH SESSION IN VIENNA

Discusses Ways and Means of Maintaining Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes

(Reissued as received.)

                                                      Note No. 5671

IAEA BOARD REVIEWS RECORD OF SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 18 June (IAEA) -- The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), meeting in Vienna on 11-14 June, reviewed the implementation of IAEA safeguards last year.