ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

ON INTEGRATED APPROACH TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Four Ministerial Round-Table Discussions Held

To Discuss Integrated Rural Development Strategies

(Reissued as received.)

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL AT

BEGINNING OF SUBSTANTIVE 2003 SESSION

High-level Policy Dialogue Held with Four

Executive Heads of International Trade and Finance Institutions

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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCEMENT BY PALESTINIAN GROUPS

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

UN RIGHTS EXPERTS CALL FOR RESPECT OF LIBERTIES IN ANTI-TERROR MEASURES

GENEVA, 30 June (UN Information Service) -- The following is a joint statement by the Special Rapporteurs/Representatives, Experts and Chairpersons of the Working Groups of the special procedures of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights:

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JULY 2003

     The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in July, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

6 May-18 July   Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, New York

UN FOOD SAFETY AND TRADE STANDARDS COMMISSION OPENS MEETING

Session Will Adopt New Standards for Some Foods and Revise Others

(Reissued as received.)

ENTRY INTO FORCE OF CONVENTION ON MIGRANT WORKERS LANDMARK IN STRUGGLE

FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the entry into force on 1 July of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ‘CRITICALLY IMPORTANT’

ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN AGREEMENT, COMMENDS US ROLE

The following statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General was issued on 27 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GLOBAL ACTION ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT,

IN ADDRESS TO ECOSOC HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

GENEVA, 30 June (UN Information Service) -- The following is the address given Monday morning, 30 June, by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening meeting of the 2003 substantive session of the Economic and Social Council, in Room XIX of the Palais des Nations:

DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF WIRELESS INTERNET TECHNOLOGY

EXPLORED AT HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE