EUROPEAN UNION PRESENTS 16 INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION

OF KYOTO PROTOCOL TO UNITED NATIONS

SPEAKERS AT PREPARATORY MEETING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

REPORT ON PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Denied Accreditation

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JUNE 2002

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

Meetings continued from previous month:

VIENNA SYMPOSIUM WILL FOCUS ON UNITED NATIONS CONTRIBUTION

Biographical Note

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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES EUROPEAN UNION RATIFICATION OF KYOTO PROTOCOL

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the luncheon hosted by Ambassador Inocencio Arias of Spain, on the occasion of the ratification by the European Union and the European Commission of the Kyoto Protocol:

ARAB BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO EXAMINE WTO AGREEMENTS IN BEIRUT WORKSHOP

ORGANIZED BY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT DEATH OF FORMER SWEDISH AMBASSADOR GUNNAR JARRING

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

Committee on NGOs

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

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CONCLUDES TWO-WEEK SESSION;

RECOMMENDS 93 GROUPS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECOSOC

Security Council

4546^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS FORCE MONITORING ISRAEL-SYRIA DISENGAGEMENT

UNTIL 31 DECEMBER, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1415 (2002)

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for another seven months, until 31 December 2002.