SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO ST. PETERSBURG FORUM, SAYS COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES STARTING TO HARVEST ‘FRUITS’ OF ECONOMIC REFORM

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME LAUNCHES RADIO CAMPAIGN

‘LET’S TALK ABOUT DRUGS’

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DECLINE OF OPIUM CULTIVATION IN ‘GOLDEN TRIANGLE’

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MUST BE HARNESSED TO GLOBAL MISSION OF PEACE, DEVELOPMENT,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO NEW YORK CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s message to “The Net World Order:  Bridging the Global Digital Divide” Conference, hosted by the Business Council for the United Nations, in New York, 18 June:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

56^th Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES $2.17 BILLION FOR 2003/2004 PEACEKEEPING,

AS IT CONCLUDES RESUMED SESSION

CORRECTION

In press release GA/AB/3570, issued 4 June, the statement of the United States on page 3 should read, as follows:

‘GLOBAL VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY’ OFFERS PROSPECT OF CONSTRUCTIVE INTERNATIONAL

COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan, to the ceremony launching the “Global Virtual University” delivered by Hans van Ginkel, Rector, United Nations University, in Arendal, Norway, today:

SEEING THE WHOLE ‘ELEPHANT’:  GLOBALIZATION AND MEASURING

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES OF MULTINATIONALS

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UNICEF AND UNODC JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

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VIENNA, 17 June (UN Information Service) -- On 12 June, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed a Joint Plan in which they pledged to join forces to combat trafficking in persons.

Security Council

4774^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION

AGAINST DRUG PRODUCTION, TRAFFICKING IN AFGHANISTAN

In Presidential Statement, Council Also Stresses Need to Improve Security

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT

BY LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION GROUPS

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