INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, REINTEGRATION

CHALLENGES AFRICA, UNITED NATIONS TO DO MORE TO ADVANCE REINTEGRATION

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Security Council

5696^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council extends mandate on Cyprus force until 15 December,

Unanimously adopting resolution 1758 (2007)

 

Notes Lack of Progress on Process Started Last July;

Secretary-General saddened by death of kurt Waldheim,

 

Fourth Secretary-General, austria’s former president

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS THREE INDIVIDUALS

 

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

 

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 8 June 2007 approved the addition of three individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

Security Council

5695^th Meeting (PM)

Security Council gravely concerned by recent extremist attacks in Somalia,

condemns attempts to use violence to undermine political process

Presidential Statement Calls on Member States

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

105^th & 106^th Meetings (AM & PM)

States parties to law of sea convention open seventeenth meeting;

Elect 20 experts to continental shelf commission

 

Special Committee on

Decolonization

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLoNIZATION CALLS ON United States TO EXPEDITE

PUERTO RICO’S SELF-DETERMINATION PROCESS

 

Text Also Requests General Assembly to Consider Question;

Background Release

STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION TO HOLD SEVENTEENTH SESSION

AT HEADQUARTERS, 14-22 JUNE

Peace accord enabled Central America to turn page on bitter conflict, open new chapter

of peace, development, says Secretary-General to New York Conference

 

Security Council

5693^rd Meeting* (PM)

Iraq facing complex series of overlapping sectarian, ethnic conflicts;

 

World community must not be spectator to crisis, Security Council told

Special Representative Says International Community Has Vital Security Stake