OFFICE OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL

FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

United Nations Envoy for War-Affected Children

Calls for Urgent Action To Halt Humanitarian Crisis in Angola

Round-up

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION

Considered Reports of Sweden, Uzbekistan, Denmark,

Norway, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Russian Federation

(Reissued as received.)

BUREAU OF PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ISSUES STATEMENT

ON SITUATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Security Council

4531^st Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES LIST OF REVISED SANCTIONS ON IRAQ,

EXTENDS ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME ADDITIONAL 180 DAYS

CORRECTION

Paragraph 4 of the first page of Press Release SC/7395 of 14 May should read, as follows:

Security Council

4533^rd Meeting (AM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON KOSOVO;

STRESSES NEED FOR KOSOVO SERBS TO TAKE RIGHTFUL PLACE IN NEW GOVERNMENT

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT STARTS SECOND PART OF 2002 SESSION

President Encouraged by Consultations

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 16 May (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first plenary of the second part of its 2002 session by hearing its President say that he was encouraged by consultations on how to de-block the current impasse in the Conference.

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTIETH SESSION

IN GENEVA, 21 MAY - 7 JUNE

Will Review Reports from Guinea Bissau, Belgium, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands

The Secretary-General left New York on Monday, 13 May, to start a trip which would take him to Cyprus, Indonesia and East Timor.

Committee on NGOs

7^th and 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 21 ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) today recommended

PARLIAMENTARIANS SEMINAR ON IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMME OF ACTION ADOPTED AT 2001 UN

CONFERENCE ON ILLICIT TRADE IN SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS IN ALL ITS ASPECTS

3-5 May, San José, Costa Rica

(Received from a UN Information Officer; delayed in transmission.)