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HR/4620
01/08/2002
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HR/4620


HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNED BY SCHEDULED EXECUTION

OF TWO JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN UNITED STATES


GENEVA, 1 August (UN Information Service) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson has expressed her deep concern at the scheduled executions in Texas of T.J. Jones and Toronto Patterson, respectively, on 8 and 28 August 2002 for crimes they committed when they were 17 years old.

ORG/1356
31/07/2002
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ORG/1356


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN AUGUST 2002


The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in August, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:


Meetings continued from previous month:


24 June-2 August      United Nations Administrative Tribunal, Geneva

DC/2835
31/07/2002
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DC/2835


2001 UNITED NATIONS DISARMAMENT YEARBOOK RELEASED


The 2001 United Nations Disarmament Yearbook was released yesterday and a copy was presented to the Secretary-General by Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs.  The Yearbook describes developments in the field of disarmament in the United Nations during the year 2001.  The contents include:

SC/7476
31/07/2002
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SC/7476


PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO-RWANDA AGREEMENT,

MIDDLE EAST BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is yesterday's statement to the press on the Democratic Republic of the Congo-Rwanda agreement and the Middle East by Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom), President of the Security Council:


Democratic Republic of Congo-Rwanda Agreement

SG/SM/8321
31/07/2002
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SG/SM/8321


SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MYANMAR TO REVISIT YANGON, 2 - 6 AUGUST


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


Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will return to Yangon from 2 to 6 August 2002 to help facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.

SG/SM/8320
31/07/2002
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SG/SM/8320


FOLLOWING HEBREW UNIVERSITY BOMB ATTACK, SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES

CONDEMNATION OF ‘ALL SUCH ATTACKS’ AGAINST CIVILIANS


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


The Secretary-General is appalled by today's bomb attack at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in which seven people were killed and more than