Security Council

4579^th Meeting (AM & PM)

COUNTRYWIDE SECURITY, CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL AID WILL AVERT RETURN

OF CHAOS IN AFGHANISTAN, BRAHIMI TELLS COUNCIL

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES CONSOLIDATED NATIONAL APPEALS

FOR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

The United Nations today launched a $611 million humanitarian appeal to help secure food, medicine and other relief supplies for 13 million people on the brink of starvation in Southern Africa.

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

31^st and 32^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

REGIONAL CHALLENGES, INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

FOCUS OF DISCUSSION IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Holds Dialogue with Heads of Economic Commissions for Europe,

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

TO AVERT FAMINE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the launch of the Consolidated National Appeals for the Humanitarian Crisis in Southern Africa, delivered on his behalf by Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, in New York on 18 July:

Security Council

4577^th Meeting* (AM & PM)

STABILITY IN MANO RIVER UNION REGION TIED TO SITUATION IN LIBERIA,

SECURITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP CONCLUDES

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

29^th and 30^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS 2002 SESSION'S GENERAL SEGMENT,

WITH FOCUS ON SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP, COORDINATION

Least Developed Countries, UN-Habitat,

Gender Equality, Haiti Assistance, Tobacco Control Among Issues Addressed

Security Council

4578^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS JOINT STATEMENT BY QUARTET

ENGAGED IN FACILITATION OF MIDEAST PEACE PROCESS

SECRETARY-GENERAL WEIGHS SUCCESSES, FAILURES OF DECADE OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to participants in the panel discussion on “Challenges for Humanitarian Assistance in the Last Decade and into the Future.”  The message was delivered on the Secretary-General’s behalf by Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE DISCUSSES

LESSONS LEARNED IN PAST DECADE

Six Speakers Address Second Session

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MUST ‘DE-LEGITIMIZE TERRORISM’; ISRAEL MUST STOP

SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL