SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ISRAEL NOT TO TAKE ACTIONS

'INCONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW'

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO-RWANDA AGREEMENT,

MIDDLE EAST BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is yesterday's statement to the press on the Democratic Republic of the Congo-Rwanda agreement and the Middle East by Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom), President of the Security Council:

Democratic Republic of Congo-Rwanda Agreement

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MYANMAR TO REVISIT YANGON, 2 - 6 AUGUST

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

Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will return to Yangon from 2 to 6 August 2002 to help facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.

FOLLOWING HEBREW UNIVERSITY BOMB ATTACK, SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES

CONDEMNATION OF ‘ALL SUCH ATTACKS’ AGAINST CIVILIANS

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

The Secretary-General is appalled by today's bomb attack at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in which seven people were killed and more than

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN AUGUST

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for August:

Security Council

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN AUGUST 2002

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

Meetings continued from previous month:

24 June-2 August      United Nations Administrative Tribunal, Geneva

2001 UNITED NATIONS DISARMAMENT YEARBOOK RELEASED

The 2001 United Nations Disarmament Yearbook was released yesterday and a copy was presented to the Secretary-General by Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs.  The Yearbook describes developments in the field of disarmament in the United Nations during the year 2001.  The contents include:

HUMAN RIGHTS ENVOY FINDS MORE HUMANE APPROACH TO ILLEGAL

IMMIGRATION IN AUSTRALIA ‘WOULD BE DESIRABLE’

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4592^nd Meeting (AM)

BRIEFED BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR KOSOVO,

COUNCIL REVIEWS PERSISTENT CHALLENGES FACING PROVINCE

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4593^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNIFIL MANDATE TO 31 JANUARY 2003

The Security Council, stressing the need to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East based on all its relevant resolutions, decided this afternoon to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31 January 2003.