SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TERRORIST ATTACK ON ISRAELI BUS ‘CLEARLY DESIGNED’

TO DISRUPT SEARCH FOR PEACE

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

ADVISORY BOARD ON DISARMAMENT MATTERS TO MEET IN GENEVA, 17 - 19 JULY

NEW YORK, 15 July (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters will meet for a three-day closed session in Geneva from 17 to 19 July 2002.  Its last session was held in New York from 30 January to 1 February 2002.  The Board meets twice a year.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS MASSACRE IN KASHMIR

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

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPROVES AROUND $7.8 MILLION

IN GRANTS FOR TORTURE SURVIVORS

GENEVA, 15 July (Office of the UNHCHR) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson has approved, on behalf of the Secretary-General, grants amounting to around $7.8 million to organizations supporting survivors of torture.

LATEST ECONOMIC REPORT ON AFRICA TO BE RELEASED 16 JULY

ADDIS ABABA, 12 July (ECA) -- The latest Economic Report on Africa (ERA 2002), the annual flagship publication of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) that provides a unique perspective on the continent’s socio-economic development progress, will be officially released on 16 July.

PRESS STATEMENT ON ETHIOPIA/ERITREA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the press statement on Ethiopia and Eritrea delivered on Friday, 12 July, by the President of the Security Council, Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom):

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

23^rd and 24^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER CREATION OF ADVISORY GROUP

FOR ANY AFRICAN COUNTRY EMERGING FROM CONFLICT

Adopts Resolution without a Vote;

Security Council

4574^th Meeting (Night)

COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UN MISSION OF OBSERVERS IN PREVLAKA

UNTIL 15 OCTOBER 2002

Security Council

4572^nd Meeting* (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT NOT TO BRING CASES

AGAINST PEACEKEEPING PERSONNEL FROM STATES NOT PARTY TO STATUTE

Unanimously Adopts Resolution 1422 (2002);

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in the Sudan from Durban, South Africa, on Wednesday, 10 July.