SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 751 (1992) ON SOMALIA

APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO NEW CONSOLIDATED GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCT OF ITS WORK

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia today approved two technical amendments to the new consolidated guidelines for the conduct of its work adopted on 20 July 2001.

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

29^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION,

APPROVES PEACEKEEPING COMMITTEE REPORT

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S GOOD OFFICES ON CYPRUS

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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES AMOS NGONGI (CAMEROON) AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

LEADING INTERNATIONAL FIGURES MEET IN GENEVA

IN SUPPORT OF WORLD CONFERENCE ON RACISM

Nine leading international figures will gather in Geneva on Friday

3 August to give their moral and intellectual backing to efforts to forge an international consensus in the struggle for racial harmony and tolerance.

Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

110^th Meeting (AM)

FROM RHETORIC TO ACTION:  ASSEMBLY URGES ALL RELEVANT ACTORS TO EXAMINE

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S RECOMMENDATIONS ON CONFLICT PREVENTION

UNFPA PRAISES CANADA’S SUPPORT TO EQUIP 900 COMMUNITY CLINICS,

FIGHT HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA

NEW YORK, 1 August (UNFPA) -– The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has welcomed the decision of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to grant 10 million Canadian dollars (about US $6.6 million) over two years to expand Fund-supported reproductive health services and HIV/AIDS prevention initiatives in Nigeria.