Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY DEATHS OF TWO UN PEACEKEEPERS

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

sudan peace process has entered crucial, decisive phase,

secretary-general tells nairobi ceremony

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered by Mohamed Sahnoun, his Special Adviser, to the ceremony marking the formal launch of the final phase of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Peace Process on the Sudan, in Nairobi on 5 June:

UN WORKSHOP TO CONSIDER NEW GLOBAL MECHANISM TO ASSESS

STATE OF WORLD’S OCEANS, 7 - 11 JUNE

NEW YORK, 4 June (DPI) –- More than 200 delegates from national governments and international organizations are expected to attend a week-long meeting at the United Nations to consider details of a global mechanism which will regularly assess the state of the world’s oceans.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

67 COUNTRIES, 34 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GATHER

FOR LARGEST-EVER CONFERENCE ON PALESTINE REFUGEES

(Reissued as received.)

SECURITY COUNCIL’S 1518 COMMITTEE UPDATES lists of INDIVIDUALS AND entities

whose FINANCIAL ASSETS SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO IRAQI DEVELOPMENT FUND

The Chairman of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 1518 (2003) wishes to inform as follows:

Secretary-General commends work of oas, cartercenter

on Venezuelan electoral process

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

Un emergency coordinator says $80-$100 MILLION STILL needed

FOR DARFUR, following geneva donors meeting

Geneva, 4 June (OCHA) -- Yesterday, the United Nations and key humanitarian organizations met with representatives of 36 countries, including the Government of the Sudan, and representatives of the African Union, European Union, and the League of Arab States.

Round-up of Session                                        

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION

SEABED AUTHORITY’S ASSEMBLY ELECTS SATYA NANDAN TO THIRD TERM AS SECRETARY-GENERAL

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 3 June (International Seabed Authority) -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, meeting at Kingston, this afternoon elected the current Secretary-General of the Authority, Satya N. Nandan, to a third four-year term.