SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO WINNERS OF 2002 NANSEN REFUGEE AWARD

FOR RESCUE OF 438 BOAT PEOPLE IN INDIAN OCEAN

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Nansen Refugee Award Ceremony in Oslo today, delivered by Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT VISITS INGUSHETIYA

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PIVOTAL ROLE OF GOVERNMENT

IN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION

Following is the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to Carleton University, Ottawa, on 15 June:

PREVENTION OF HIV/AIDS REQUIRES PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, MOBILIZATION

OF ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Theme of Day against Drug Abuse Is ‘Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS’

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 26 June:

Security Council

4555^th Meeting (AM)

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MISSION NEARING COMPLETION OF CORE MANDATE,

BUT INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT STILL NEEDED, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

UN Coordinator Says Political Commitment to State,

Special Committee on

Decolonization

8^th Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION REITERATES CALL ON ARGENTINA, UNITED KINGDOM

TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS ON FALKLANDS/MALVINAS ISSUE

FURTHER REFORMS ARE ESSENTIAL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE

TO ST. PETERSBURG ECONOMIC FORUM

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the

St. Petersburg Economic Forum, St. Petersburg, 18-22 June, delivered by Brigita Schmognerova, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Europe (ECE):

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Mikhail Wehbe (Syria), President of the Security Council:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

60^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE, CONCLUDING SECOND RESUMED SESSION, RECOMMENDS

$2.6 BILLION FOR 12 PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS FOR 2002-2003

CORRECTION

On page 20 of Press Release GA/AB/3512 of 17 June, the statement by the representative of Japan should read, as follows:

Committee on Inalienable Rights                              GA/PAL/890