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.)

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Liberia by Security Council President Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

73^rd Meeting (AM)       

STATES PARTIES APPROVE FINANCIAL REGULATIONS FOR LAW OF SEA TRIBUNAL

Also Elect Meeting Vice-Presidents, Members of Credentials Committee

A PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCE AGAINST HUNGER

(Reissued as received.)

TUMBA (SWEDEN)/ROME, 11 June (FAO) -- The private sector must become a driving force in an international alliance against hunger, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday, urging closer collaboration between business, governments and international organizations.

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.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’

SUICIDE BOMBING BY HAMAS IN JERUSALEM

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

HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON CIVIL SOCIETY HOLDS FIRST MEETING

AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 2 - 3 JUNE

Security Council

4771^st Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS CYPRUS FORCE UNTIL 15 DECEMBER,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1486 (2003)

The Security Council this morning extended the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 15 December, noting the Government of Cyprus had agreed that its continued presence was necessary, in view of the prevailing conditions on the island.