UNFPA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARRIVE IN BAGHDAD

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 11 June (UNFPA) –- A new shipment of emergency reproductive health supplies, intended to meet the urgent needs of Iraqi women, arrived in Baghdad on 9 June.  The supplies, provided by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), were dispatched on a UNFPA/United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) convoy that crossed the border from the Iranian city of Kermanshah.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES TO VISIT EGYPT, JORDAN AND SYRIA

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GENEVA, 10 June (UN Information Service) -- The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the occupied territories will visit Egypt, Jordan and Syria from 13 to 24 June.

EFFECTS OF HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WORSENING IN ERITREA

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

72^nd Meeting (AM)       

PRIORITIES FOR SEABED AUTHORITY ARE DEVELOPMENT OF REGULATIONS FOR SEABED

MINERALS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, STATES PARTIES TOLD

Concerns Expressed Regarding Tribunal’s Budget, Tax Reimbursement for Staff

SECRETARY-GENERAL SERIOUSLY CONCERNED BY ATTEMPTED

EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING BY ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCES

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

NEW SHELTERS FOR GAZA HOMELESS

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GAZA, 10 June (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) today handed over 19 new homes to refugee families from the Middle Camps area in the Gaza Strip whose shelters have been destroyed by Israeli forces.

FUTURE FOR MILLIONS OF YOUNG REFUGEES JEOPARDIZED BY WAR, HATRED, EXILE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan for World Refugee Day, observed 20 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPORT FROM MYANMAR ENVOY THAT DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI

IS UNINJURED; URGES HER RELEASE

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the report from his Special Envoy for Myanmar that he has seen Daw Aung San Suu Kyi today, and that she is uninjured and in good spirits.

Security Council

4770^th Meeting* (AM)

KOSOVO PROGRESS SIGNIFICANT, BUT ACHIEVING FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT, MINORITY

PARTICIPATION, REFUGEE RETURNS STILL CHALLENGES, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Assistant Secretary-General Says 4 June Murder

ETHIOPIA:  DROUGHT-HIT FARMERS RECEIVE EMERGENCY AID

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ROME/ADDIS ABABA, 10 June (FAO) -- Drought-hit Ethiopian farmers have received emergency agricultural assistance to help them prepare land for the next planting season after months of devastating crop failure, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.