Special Committee on

Decolonization

3^rd Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE ADOPTS TWO DRAFT RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT VOTE

Postpones Consideration of Draft on Sending Visiting Missions to Territories

RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES REVISED CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION PROGRAMME

(Reissued as received.)

THE HAGUE, 14 June (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) -- the Government of the Russian Federation finally adopted its revised chemical weapons destruction programme.  Accordingly, the destruction of the Russian chemical weapons stockpile, which has already commenced on a limited scale, would be completed by 2012.

LIGHTING THE WAY IN BATTLE AGAINST HIV/AIDS

Secretariat Building to Project Red AIDS Ribbon in Advance of Special Session

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY REPORTS OF ANTI-CIVILIAN VIOLENCE,

CONTINUED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN AFGHANISTAN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF POLITICAL DETAINEES IN MYANMAR

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

Security Council

4330^th Meeting (AM)

SUCCESS OF MULTI-ETHNICITY, REFUGEE RETURN CRUCIAL IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA,

COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TOLD

Security Council

4329^th Meeting (AM)

COUNCIL EXTENDS CONGO MISSION MANDATE -– SUBJECT TO REVIEW –- UNTIL 15 JUNE 2002

Unanimously Adopts Resolution 1355 (2001)

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) until 15 June 2002.  That extension is, however, subject to a review of progress every four months.

Security Council

4328^th Meeting (AM)

COUNCIL EXTENDS CYPRUS FORCE MANDATE TO 15 DECEMBER 2001

Noting that the Government of Cyprus has agreed that in view of conditions prevailing in the island it is necessary to keep the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) beyond 15 June, the Security Council this morning decided to extend the Mission’s mandate for a further six months until 15 December.

Preparatory Committee for the

Special Session of the General Assembly

 on the Children’s World Assembly

9^th Meeting (PM)*

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT CHILDREN'S SPECIAL SESSION

INCLUDE THREE INTERACTIVE ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSIONS

Also Recommends That Two National Child Delegates

LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE

ISSUES HAVANA DECLARATION

NGO Workshop Discusses Action in Solidarity with Palestinian People

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)