SECURITY COUNCIL VISITS KOSOVO

PRISTINA, 17 June -- The Security Council -- on the first-ever mission of all 15 members -- completed a two-day visit to Kosovo with an appeal to both Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb leaders to shun extremism and commit all efforts to building a multi-ethnic society.

LIBRARIES IN BRAZIL, KENYA, PHILIPPINES DESIGNATED

UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

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.)