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

ECOSOC ADOPTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF SUBSIDIARY COMMISSIONS,

OTHER RESOLUTIONS, DECISIONS

Adopts Texts on INSTRAW, Information and Communication

Technologies, Ad Hoc Group on Guinea-Bissau, Israeli Occupation

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESTORATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER,

COMMENDS MEDIATION EFFORTS, IN SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the restoration of constitutional order in Sao Tome and Principe and commends regional and international mediation efforts for the success of the negotiations.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘VERY PLEASED’ WITH UNITED STATES DECISION TO POSITION ‘APPROPRIATE MILITARY CAPABILITIES’ OFF LIBERIAN COAST

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON NEWLY LAUNCHED COMMISSION ON PRIVATE SECTOR

AND DEVELOPMENT TO FOSTER MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Following are the opening remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as he launched the Commission on the Private Sector and Development today at United Nations Headquarters:

RESOLVING NUCLEAR, SECURITY ISSUES A PRESSING PRIORITY IN KOREAN CONFLICT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON 50^TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMISTICE AGREEMENT

The following message was issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, signed on 27 July 1953:

ECOSOC ADOPTS TEXTS ON ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, INDIGENOUS ISSUES,

SUSPENDS 2003 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 25 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this morning suspended its 2003 substantive session after adopting five resolutions and 13 decisions on economic, environmental and indigenous issues. 

SEABED AUTHORITY TO RESUME STUDY OF HYDROTHERMAL SULPHIDES AND COBALT CRUSTS, 28 JULY TO 8 AUGUST

(Reissued as received.)

Background Release

SUBCOMMISSION ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

TO MEET IN GENEVA, 28 JULY TO 15 AUGUST

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 24 July (UN Information Service) -- The Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, the Commission on Human Rights' principal subsidiary organ, will hold its fifty-fifth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 28 July to 15 August.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SITUATION IN LIBERIA

Following is today’s statement to the press by Security CouncilPresident Inocencio F. Arias (Spain) on the situation in Liberia:

Members of the Security Council expressed their concern for the continuing deterioration of the security situation and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Liberia.