FIRST EVER SESSION OF SOCIAL FORUM TO BE HELD

IN GENEVA FROM 25 TO 26 JULY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 24 July (UN Information Service) -- The first ever session of the Social Forum, which has been set up to create a space within the United Nations human rights system for dialogue with non-governmental organizations and members of civil society, will be held from 25 to 26 July at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

SEMINAR ON POLICY AWARENESS, SECURITY ISSUES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

TO BE HELD AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS ON 29 JULY

NEW YORK, 24 July (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) -- The second high-level seminar on “Policy Awareness and Security Issues on Information Technology”, organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), will be held on Monday 29 July from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Trusteeship Council Chamber.

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

39^th and 40^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CALLS FOR END OF OCCUPATION

OF PALESTINIAN POPULATION CENTRES

By Recorded Vote, Adopts Text

On Repercussions of Israeli Occupation; Total of 50 Texts Adopted

PRESS STATEMENT ON SUDAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The following press statement by Security Council President Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom) was made on 24 July:

Security Council

4589^th Meeting* (AM & PM)

COUNCIL HEARS ARGUMENTS FOR BROADER, MORE SYSTEMATIC PARTICIPATION

Security Council

4588^th Meeting (Night)

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

37^th and 38^th Meetings (AM & PM)

FOLLOWING VOTE, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RECOMMENDS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ADOPTION OF OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE

In Earlier Vote, Council Rejects

PRESS STATEMENT ON YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is yesterday’s press statement on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom), President of the Security Council:

Security Council

4584^th and 4585^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS ADMISSION OF SWITZERLAND

AS MEMBER OF UNITED NATIONS

KABUL MEETING DISCUSSES COUNTER-NARCOTIC STRATEGY