ENHANCED VERSION OF UN BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

NOW AVAILABLE ON INTERNET

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library today announced the launch of an enhanced version of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet).

UNBISnet may be accessed directly at http://unbisnet.un.org or by selecting the link on the Library’s home page http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl.

Humanitarian Envoy WARNS OF REGIONAL IMPACT FROM CÔte d’Ivoire Crisis

ACTION ON CHEMICALS POLLUTION AND SUPPORT FOR AFRICA AGREED

AT END OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS MEETING

UNEP's 22nd Governing Council Starts Making

Johannesburg Plan of Implementation Operational

(Reissued as received.)

JUDGE SHI JIUYONG (CHINA) ELECTED PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE;

JUDGE RAYMOND RANJEVA (MADAGASCAR) ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT

THE HAGUE, 6 February (ICJ) -- Today, Judge Shi Jiuyong (China) was elected

President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by his peers.  Judge Raymond Ranjeva (Madagascar) was elected Vice-President.  They will both serve a three-year term.

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

7^th Meeting (Resumed) (PM & Night)

STATES PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ELECT FINAL FOUR JUDGES;

IN TOTAL, 18 SELECTED, REQUIRING 33 BALLOTS OVER FOUR DAYS

‘DIGITAL DIASPORA NETWORK’ TO PROMOTE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN CARIBBEAN LAUNCHED AT HEADQUARTERS

NEW YORK, 7 February (ICT Task Force) -- The Digital Diaspora Network for the Caribbean, through which Caribbean expatriates working in the high-tech sector in North America will seek to jump-start information and communication technologies initiatives in their home region, was launched on 24 January at United Nations Headquarters.

Governments Back Environmental Rescue Plan For Occupied Palestinian Territories

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI, 7 February (UNEP) -- Action to improve the environment of the occupied Palestinian territories was given the go-ahead today by governments, in an historic decision that it is hoped will benefit the people on both sides of the conflict.

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

7^th Meeting (Resumed) (AM)

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION:  A GLOBAL ISSUE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST

CENTURY; NEW REPORT NOW AVAILABLE

NEW YORK, 6 February (UN Population Division) -- Around 175 million persons currently reside outside the country of their birth, and almost one of every

WESTERN ASIA PREPARATORY CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SOCIETY SUMMIT CONCLUDES;

ANNOUNCES DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND ‘BEIRUT INITIATIVE’

(Reissued as received.)