UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO VISIT KOSOVO AND BELGRADE, 15-18 JUNE

All 15 members of the Security Council will travel to Kosovo and Belgrade from 15 to 18 June to see first-hand the political and security challenges faced by the United Nations in the province, as well as to convey to the people of Kosovo the need to reject violence and take part in elections later this year.

‘WHEN RIGHT TO EDUCATION BECOMES NORM, WHOLE WORLD GAINS’, GENERAL

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS PANEL ON GIRLS’ EDUCATION

Following is the statement by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri (Finland) to today’s panel discussion (“I missed it, but give me another chance”) on girls’ education:

HAVANA MEETING SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL OBSERVER FORCE TO PROTECT PALESTINIANS

Participants Examine UN Activities Regarding Question of Palestine

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

103^rd Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY, ACTING ON FIFTH COMMITTEE REPORTS, ADOPTS 34 DRAFTS

ON FINANCING OF PEACEKEEPING, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DECIDES TO APPOINT THREE SPECIAL COORDINATORS

Coordinators Would Consult on Review of Agenda,

Expansion of Membership, Improved and Effective Functioning

GENEVA, 14 June (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning decided in a consensus to appoint three Special Coordinators on the review of its agenda, the expansion of its membership and its improved and effective functioning.

YOUTH PLAYERS SELECTED FOR ‘BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS’

Kraft Foods International and Milka Chocolate Team Up with United Nations

(Reissued as received.)

IN MESSAGE TO LATIN AMERICAN MEETING ON PALESTINE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

'THERE CAN BE NO MILITARY SOLUTION TO THIS CONFLICT'

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations Latin American and Caribbean meeting on the question of Palestine, delivered by Danilo Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Havana on 12 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE THAT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

WILL SUPPORT SIERRA LEONE DISARMAMENT PROGRAMME

IN MESSAGE HONOURING RAPHAEL LEMKIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS HIS LIFEWORK

‘AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE OF MORAL ENGAGEMENT’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony honouring Raphael Lemkin, delivered by Mrs. Nane Annan:

It gives me great pleasure to send my greetings to all who have gathered for this ceremony honouring the legacy of Raphael Lemkin.

Security Council

4327^th Meeting (AM & PM)

COUNCIL, CONSIDERING REPORT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON MONUC,

FAVOURS PROPOSAL TO EXTEND CONGO MISSION