UNICRI AND ITALIAN GOVERNMENT IN DEFENCE OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN ANGOLA

(Reissued as received.)

LUIS MORENO-OCAMPO, PROSECUTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT,

TO BE SWORN IN AT THE HAGUE 16 JUNE

THE HAGUE, 13 June (ICC) -- The first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, will be sworn in during a public session of the Court at the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace at The Hague on 16 June.  The ceremony will be presided over by Judge Philippe Kirsch and witnessed by the other judges of the Court.

Security Council

4772^nd Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL REQUESTS ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF UN PEACEKEEPER

IMMUNITY FROM INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Adopts Resolution 1487 (2003) by 12-0-3 (France, Germany, Syria);

Secretary-General Says Continued Annual Adoption Could Undermine Court, Council

‘DESERTIFICATION IS BOTH A CAUSE AND A CONSEQUENCE OF POVERTY’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2003:

UNITED NATIONS, EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOIN FORCES TO CURB CORRUPTION

Hungary Presents UN Anti-Corruption Pilot Project to European Union Experts

(Reissued as received.)

Special Committee on

Decolonization

7^th Meeting (AM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE WELCOMES ‘SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS’ IN NEW CALEDONIA;

URGES ALL PARTIES TO MAINTAIN DIALOGUE

Committee Also Hears Petitioners

From United States Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Cayman Islands

EXPERTS MEETING ON 10-YEAR PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION, PRODUCTION

TO BE HELD IN MARRAKECH, 16 – 19 JUNE

NEW YORK, 12 June -- Over 100 participants from about 70 countries will meet on Monday in Marrakech, Morocco, to take the first steps towards implementing one of the key commitments made by world leaders at the 2002 Johannesburg Summit:  to develop a 10-year framework of programmes for sustainable consumption and production.

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

74^th & 75^th Meetings (AM & PM)      

GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS TO CONSIDER DRAFT PROPOSAL

FOR INSTRUMENT ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR

IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES CONCERNS

OVER EXTENDING UN PEACEKEEPERS’ IMMUNITY FROM ICC ACTION

Following is the text of a statement, as delivered today, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council: