FUTURE FOR MILLIONS OF YOUNG REFUGEES JEOPARDIZED BY WAR, HATRED, EXILE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan for World Refugee Day, observed 20 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPORT FROM MYANMAR ENVOY THAT DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI

IS UNINJURED; URGES HER RELEASE

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the report from his Special Envoy for Myanmar that he has seen Daw Aung San Suu Kyi today, and that she is uninjured and in good spirits.

REPRESENTATIVES OF GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

MEET UNDER AUSPICES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP ATTEMPT IN MAURITANIA

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

The Secretary-General strongly condemns ongoing armed attempts to overthrow the constitutional Government of President Ould Taya in Mauritania.  He is deeply concerned over reports of widespread violence, injuries suffered by the civilian population and looting.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING LIBERIA REISSUES LIST

NEW YORK, 9 June (UN Department of Political Affairs) -- On 6 June, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1343 (2001) approved the removal of two persons from the list of individuals affected by the measures contained in paragraph 7 of the resolution 1343 (2001), extended by paragraph 5 of resolution 1408 (2002) and paragraph 10 of resolution 1478 (2003):

‘UNITED NATIONS IS IN FRONT LINE IN FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO HARVARD PROGRAMME

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Executive Programme on Corruption Control and Organizational Integrity, delivered by Mr. Dileep Nair, Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, on 8 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED AT IMPACT OF FIGHTING IN LIBERIA

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

The Secretary-General is alarmed at the severe impact which intensified fighting between rebels and government forces in Liberia is having on Monrovia’s 1 million inhabitants.

Special Committee on

Decolonization

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CALLS ON UNITED STATES TO EXPEDITE

PROCESS FOR PUERTO RICAN SELF-DETERMINATION

Also, Petitioner from POLISARIO Front

Says Settlement Plan on Western Sahara Should Not Be Abandoned

ESCALATING CONFLICT IN LIBERIA THREATENS HEALTH

OF MILLIONS ACROSS WEST AFRICA, UNFPA WARNS

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES VIOLENCE BY PALESTINIAN GROUPS,

SAYS ROAD MAP IS BEST PATH TO JUST, LASTING PEACE

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

The Secretary-General deplores the violence by Palestinian groups over the weekend.  Such violence is especially untimely following the Aqaba Summit, where the parties made a commitment to implementing the Quartet’s Road Map.