SECRETARY-GENERAL DISAPPOINTED AT LACK OF PROGRESS IN LATEST SESSION,

WARNS THAT ‘CREDIBILITY OF ICSC IS AT STAKE’

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifty-fifth session of the International Civil Service Commission, New York, 22 July:

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the United Nations for the fifty-fifth session of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC).

UNRWA-UAE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY PARTNERSHIP BEGINS

WITH $27 MILLION DONATION TO REBUILD JENIN CAMP

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $708,074,583.11

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY REPORTS ISRAEL USING MEASURES

THAT AMOUNT TO COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT

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

The Secretary-General is disturbed by reports that the Israeli government has again destroyed the homes of Palestinians in the West Bank, and are considering the forcible transfer of relatives of suicide bombers from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip.

SPEAKERS CALL FOR SUSTAINED INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE

AS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR CONCLUDES IN COPENHAGEN

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

UN ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT TO VISIT AFGHANISTAN

NEED FOR ISRAELI SECURITY GUARANTEES, PERMANENT INDEPENDENCE

FOR PALESTINIANS STRESSED, AS COPENHAGEN SEMINAR CONTINUES

Removal of Israeli Settlements, Reform of Palestinian

Institutions, Restoration of Palestinian Economy, Infrastructure Also Cited

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

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,