Meeting of States to Consider Action

Programme on Illicit Small Arms Trade

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

FIRST BIENNIAL MEETING OF STATES TO ASSESS HALT TO ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE CONCLUDES, HAILS PROGRESS WORLDWIDE IN JUST TWO YEARS

Thematic Discussions End on Import/Export Controls, Illicit Brokering

AFGHAN TEENS SPEAK OUT AGAINST EARLY MARRIAGE ON WORLD POPULATION DAY

(Reissued as received.)

KABUL, 10 July (UNFPA) -- “If my parents tried to force me to marry, I would refuse”, declared Zohal, 16, as her fellow students nodded in agreement.  The Afghan teenagers had just heard government leaders say that early marriage closes girls’ educational prospects and threatens their health, in a forum marking World Population Day.

ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES;

MAKES RECOMMENDATION ON UNFPA PERSONNEL MATTERS

Begins Consideration of Special Economic,

Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4786^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF MULTINATIONAL STABILIZATION FORCE

IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FOR ANOTHER YEAR

Resolution 1491 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the multinational stabilization force (SFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 12 months.

LANDMARK REPORT URGES GOVERNANCE REFORMS TO ARREST DECLINE OF WORLD’S ENVIRONMENT

(Reissued as received.)

Meeting of States to Consider Action

Programme on Illicit Small Arms Trade

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

REGIONAL GROUPS, INCLUDING FROM AFRICA, EXPLORE DELAYS IN AND SOLUTIONS

TO IMPLEMENTING SMALL ARMS ACTION PLAN, IN BIENNIAL MEETING OF STATES

Weapons Stockpile Management, Marking and Tracing,

Collection and Destruction, Links to Organized Crime, Also Considered

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

620^th & 621^st Meetings (AM & PM)

EXPERTS IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE PRAISE SLOVENIA’S LEGAL FRAMEWORK

BUT STRESS NEED TO STRENGTHEN MECHANISMS TO COUNTER INEQUALITY

PRESS STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Burundi by Security Council President Inocencio Arias (Spain):

Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from the Secretariat on the situation in Burundi and expressed their deep concern over the latest resumption of hostilities and the deterioration of the humanitarian situation.

ADOLESCENTS HAVE RIGHT TO HEALTH-CARE SERVICES AND INFORMATION,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS ON WORLD POPULATION DAY

Following is the message by the President of the General Assembly, Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), to mark World Population Day (11 July), this year’s theme being “One Billion Adolescents:  the Right to Health, Information and Services”:

ECOSOC RECOMMENDS MAKING WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION

SPECIALIZED AGENCY OF UNITED NATIONS

Considers Economic and Environmental Questions, Including International

Cooperation in Tax Matters and Status of International Civil Defence Organization

(Reissued as received.)