HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS ISRAELI AIR ATTACK ON GAZA

GENEVA, 23 July (UN Information Service) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson today added her voice to that of Secretary-General Kofi Annan in condemning Israel’s latest air attack in the Gaza Strip.

PRESS STATEMENT ON UNIFIL, ETHIOPIA/ERITREA, SOMALIA

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is yesterday’s press statement following informal consultations in the Security Council on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Ethiopia/Eritrea and Somalia by Council President Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom):

UNIFIL

Security Council

4582^nd Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ENDORSES PROPOSED STRATEGY FOR TRANSFER TO NATIONAL COURTS

OF CERTAIN CASES INVOLVING HUMANITARIAN CRIMES IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Report by International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia Reviews

Security Council

4583^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS THAT REBEL GROUP IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BRING PERPETRATORS OF KISANGANI MASSACRES TO JUSTICE

In Presidential Statement, Members Call

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

109^th Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO

AS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

UNFPA EXPRESSES REGRET AT UNITED STATES DECISION NOT TO GRANT IT FUNDING

NEW YORK, 22 July (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today said a decision by President Bush not to grant it the $34 million appropriated by Congress for 2002 will cost thousands of women and children their lives.

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

35^th and 36^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSIDERS ISSUES CRITICAL TO DEVELOPMENT

-- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, GLOBAL TAX COOPERATION, TOURISM

$600 MILLION NEEDED FOR PROTECTING OZONE LAYER

OVER NEXT THREE YEARS, SAYS EXPERTS

New Needs Take Ozone Fund to $2 Billion Mark

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

FOOD CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA:  FAO CALLS FOR $25 MILLION

Emergency Projects Needed in Five Countries

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

33^rd and 34^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSIDERS ECONOMIC, SOCIAL REPERCUSSIONS

OF ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, SYRIAN GOLAN