IAEA EXPERT REVIEW MISSION COMPLETES ASSESSMENT OF FUEL-CLEANING INCIDENT

AT PAKS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN HUNGARY

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED AT RENEWED FIGHTING IN LIBERIA,

CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES

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

WORLD DRUG TRENDS:  UN SEES MAJOR CHANGES

(Reissued as received.)

JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED ON UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY

IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

92^nd Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS 18 AD LITEM JUDGES FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL,

TO EXPEDITE COMPLETION OF TRIALS

The General Assembly this afternoon elected 18 ad litem judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

SEMINAR ON POLICY AWARENESS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 27 JUNE

The ongoing series of Seminars on Policy Awareness and Training in Information Technology will continue on Friday, 27 June 2003, at 10 a.m., in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chamber, with the fifth module on “Policy Awareness and Security Issues on Information Technology”.

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

12^th Meeting (AM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL APPROVES OBSERVER STATUS FOR THREE ORGANIZATIONS

The Economic and Social Council, in a brief meeting this morning, decided to grant observer status to the Islamic Development Bank; the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; and the Common Fund for Commodities.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Jordan, through Paris, France, arriving in Amman late on Saturday, 21 June.

Preparatory Committee for Landlocked

Developing Countries Conference

3^rd and 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GEOGRAPHICAL BARRIERS TO DEVELOPMENT FOCUS OF PREPARATORY

COMMITTEE’S HIGH-LEVEL PANEL

UN COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

CONCLUDES FORTY-SIXTH SESSION IN VIENNA

Report on UNISPACE III Recommendations Prepared;

Space Debris, International Satellite Systems Also Discussed

(Reissued as received.)