ECOSOC PANEL ASSESSES HOW UN AGENCIES IN FIELD

IMPLEMENT LESSONS LEARNED FROM EVALUATIONS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 July (UN Information Service) -- The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this morning held a panel which assessed the extent to which United Nations funds, programmes and agencies at the field level learned lessons from their evaluations and formulated proposals to improve the feedback mechanisms.

UN CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME

TO ENTER INTO FORCE ON 29 SEPTEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL CONSIDERATION

OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

Importance of South-South Cooperation Highlighted by Report

Of High-Level Committee on Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries

(Reissued as received.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Geneva on Thursday, 26 June, where he began a series of meetings, including one with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘STRONGLY DEPLORES’ TERRORIST ATTACKS

IN PAKISTAN, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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

The Secretary-General was shocked to learn of the terrorist attacks over the weekend in a Shi’ite mosque in Quetta and during a concert in Moscow.  More than 50 people were killed in Quetta and at least 13 in Moscow.

27 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS APPROVED FOR ASSOCIATION

WITH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ADOPTION OF ‘HISTORIC RESOLUTION’

ON PREVENTION OF ARMED CONFLICT BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the statement delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette upon the adoption of the General Assembly resolution on the prevention of armed conflict:

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH FOUR UNITED NATIONS

FUNDS AND PROGRAMMES

UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP Discuss

Progress on Simplification and Harmonization Efforts

(Reissued as received.)

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CORRECTS NAME OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO ITS LIST

THIRTY-NINTH SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR OPENS IN GENEVA

(Reissued as received.)