SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAME OF INDIVIDUAL TO LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 10 June 2003 the following individual to its list (Al-Qaida section):

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

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

(Reissued as received.)

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.

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

(Reissued as received.)

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

(Reissued as received.)

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.