UN APPEALS FOR $530 MILLION FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA

(Received from UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.)

GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG, 29 July -- The United Nations today launched a 2003/04 Regional Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for southern Africa to provide life-saving assistance for 6.5 million people severely weakened by consecutive failed harvests, extreme poverty and HIV/AIDS.

UNODC STRENGTHENS COOPERATION AMONG INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS TO FIGHT CORRUPTION

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 29 July (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Vienna-based anti-crime programme is spearheading efforts to enhance cooperation among various United Nations agencies and other international organizations to put in place an effective coordinating mechanism to fight international corruption.

UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH ESTABLISHES

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND PACIFIC IN HIROSHIMA

NEW YORK, 29 July (UNITAR) –- The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), headquartered in Geneva and with a regional office in New York, opened its Office for Asia and the Pacific in Hiroshima, Japan, on 15 July.

SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL TEAM

FOR LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO UN CHILDREN’S FUND

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered by his wife, Nane Annan, to the Manchester United soccer clinic held today at United Nations Headquarters to celebrate the “United for UNICEF” partnership, which has raised more than 1 million pounds for United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) purposes around the world since 1999:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES MEETING WITH REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPS

‘NEW VISION OF GLOBAL SECURITY’ TO FACE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES

Following are the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth high-level meeting of the United Nations and Regional Organizations, held at Headquarters today:

ASIAN-AFRICAN CONFERENCE OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ‘STRATEGIC BRIDGE ACROSS

INDIAN OCEAN’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO BANDUNG MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the first Asian-African Subregional Organizations Conference, being held in Bandung, Indonesia, from 29 to 30 July, delivered by Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP):

ROLE OF MEDIA IN INTERNET AGE FOCUS OF WORLD ELECTRONIC MEDIA FORUM

TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, 9–11 DECEMBER

Organized by UN, Switzerland, European

Broadcasting Union as Part of World Summit on Information Society

Security Council

4798^th Meeting (AM)

SOME RECENT SUCCESS ACHIEVED AGAINT AL QAEDA, BUT RECENT ATTACKS UNDERSCORE CHALLENGES AHEAD IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Chair of Committee Monitoring Sanctions against Taliban/Al Qaeda Says

Consolidated List Improved, Number of Member State Reports ‘Disappointing’

Security Council

4793^rd Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL REITERATES NEED TO IMPLEMENT PEACE AND CEASEFIRE AGREEMENTS

IN Côte d’Ivoire, WITH VIEW TO ELECTIONS IN 2005

CORRECTION

In the first full paragraph on page 16 of Press Release SC/7825, issued 25 July, the reference to the document number of the report of the Security Council mission to West Africa should read S/2003/688.

Security Council

4797^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO MISSION

UNTIL 30 JULY 2004, RAISES TROOP LEVEL TO 10,800

Unanimously Adopts Resolution 1493 (2003);

Institutes 12-Month Arms Embargo on North and South Kivu, Ituri